DETAILS
- Artist
- Alois Senefelder
- Date
- 1803
- Medium
- lithograph
- Location
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- [object Object]
- Collection
- Prints
- Culture
- Germany, 19th century
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection
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THE ARTIST
Alois Senefelder
Alois Senefelder, a German actor and playwright, revolutionized printing in the 1790s by inventing lithography, a technique that made art and information more accessible.
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