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Alois Senefelder

1871
Medium/TechniqueLithograph with tint stone
Credit LineGift of W. S. Forbes
Accession number37.1189
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn stone, in image, at lower center: The Major & Knapp Engr. Mfg & Lith. Co. 56 & 58 Park Place, N.U. In stone, in decorative frame, at left and right: 1771 | 1871 In stone, below image, in facsimile script: Aloys Senefelder In stone below image, at center: Alois Senefelder / Inventor of Lithography. / Born at Prague Nov. 6th. 1771 -- Died at Munic, Feb 26th 1834. / Presented to the Subscribers to the Senefelder Festival Fund as a Memorial of the Centennial Anniversary / of the birth of Alois Senefelder held at Irving Hall, New York, Nov. 6th. 1871.
ProvenanceW. S. Forbes by whom given 11/17/1937