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View of Brooklyn, L.I. from U.S. Hotel, New York / drawn from nature & on stone by E. Whitefield ; printed in colors by F. Michelin.

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Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic city, cityscape, street view, buildings, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.

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chromolithographs color view brooklyn hotel nature stone whitefield colors michelin 1835 new york 19th century city cityscape new york city library of congress
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01/01/1835
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Michelin, Francis, 1809 or 1810-1878, lithographer
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Chromolithographs

Chromolithograph is printed by multiple applications of lithographic stones, each using a different color ink.
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on publication.

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chromolithographs color view brooklyn hotel nature stone whitefield colors michelin 1835 new york 19th century city cityscape new york city library of congress