Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, India, etc.
c. 1859
Medium
Steel engraving colored with wood-blocks in oil-based inks on paper
Dimensions
39.7 × 28.6 cm (15 11/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
Classification
wood engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
59491
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
George Baxter invented an innovative color printing technique to mass-produce commercial images that resembled oil paintings, earning him the epithet “The Picture Printer.” His Baxter Process integrated several traditional printing techniques, combining an intaglio “key” plate that printed the main features of the design with numerous relief color woodblocks. Baxter’s subjects varied from still-life imagery and genre scenes to images depicting important contemporary events. Here Queen Victoria i...