Lithographic Workshop
c. 1826
Medium
pen and brown ink and graphite with brown wash heightened with white goauche on laid paper
Dimensions
image (diameter): 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.) sheet: 17.3 x 22.5 cm (6 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1980.45.54
Art Historical Context
Step into the bustling world of early 19th-century printmaking with *Lithographic Workshop* (c. 1826), a captivating drawing by French artist Jean-Charles Develly.ed in pen and brown ink with graphite, brown wash, and heightened white gouache on laid, this circular composition (13.7 cm diameter) a vivid snapshot of innovation. Housed in the National Gallery of Art'swald Collection, it exemplifies the meticulous mixed-media techniques artists used to capture light, texture, and depth on paper. Lithography, invented just decades earlier around 1798, exploded in popularity by the 1820s, revoluti...