AMERICAN NATIVE ANTIQUITIES_ARTIFACTS FROM,PERU,MEXICO ,1890s Chromolithograph

SHOWING ARTIFACTS FROM PERU, MEXICO, COLUMBIA Artist: Gustav Mützel (1839–1893) was a German artist, famous for his animal paintings, including the illustrations for the second edition of Alfred Edmund Brehm's Thierleben.

1890s Historical Ethnographic Chromolithograph

Chromolithography was developed for making true multi-color prints. Previously prints were colored in by hand. Godefrey Engleman of France first commercialized it in the 1830s. Based on lithography which used flat stone slabs on which an image is drawn on the surface, but used separate stones for separate colors or impressions

Approximate Overall Size: 6 X 9 1/2 inches

CONDITION: Excellent Condition. As Scanned. German Text. Beautiful with excellent detail. Printed on heavier paper. Blank on Reverse Side