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Antique 19th C Kronheim 4 Print Set of Victorian Women Wood Frame Baxter Process.
Each print measures approximately 3 1/8 x 4 inches.
Some of the most beautiful Victorian prints are these vibrant images by Joseph Kronheim using the celebrated Baxter process. These vivid prints are original designs showcasing the fashions, landscapes and past times of Victorian England and Europe.
The detail and depth of color is created by the Baxter method, a complex process which made the first truly commercial color prints. The Englishman George Baxter developed a special type of oil paint to apply one color at a time via an engraved steel plate and cut-away wood blocks which he patented in 1835. Due to financial difficulties, Baxter granted licenses to a few other printers. One of them, Joseph Kronheim, was an expert engraver and artist who produced richly-colored prints on more than a thousand different subjects. With the advent of chromolithography, this process became too expensive and laborious to continue, and Kronheim & Co discontinued the Baxter method of printing.
More information on this fascinating printing process is available from the New Baxter Society, which promotes interest in the work of Baxter and his licensees.
It is an amazing story indeed, and these prints are a rare collector’s item and a testament to the men and women who advanced the printing process while being enthusiastically supported by collectors all over the world who found these prints to be a marvel of colour, beauty and technology. So little has changed in the print lover’s world!
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