Lithography's First Half Century: The Age of Goya and Delacroix

Two hundred years ago, a German playwright invented a revolutionary method of printing that came to be known as lithography, or stone writing. This brief and informative catalogue presents a selective survey of the first 50 years of lithographs produced by British and European artists, including Daumier, Géricault, Goya, and Prud'hon, while the lively introductory essay illuminates the history of the medium.