Lithographic Sketches: It is the End of the World! (frontispiece) (1824): Art, History and Details

Lithographic Sketches: It is the End of the World! (frontispiece) (1824) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (French, 1792–1845); Gihaut.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

The museum's extensive collection of early lithography documents the development of the technique in Europe. Invented by a German, Alois Senefelder (1771-1834), in 1798 for commercial purposes, lithography was quickly adopted by artists. Lithography did not begin in France until 1816, however, when two workshops were established in Paris. By 1824 so many lithographs were being produced that a deluge of lithographic albums could end the world!

Object facts

• Title: Lithographic Sketches: It is the End of the World! (frontispiece)
• Date: 1824
• Creator attribution: Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (French, 1792–1845); Gihaut
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Print
• Technique: lithograph
• Dimensions: Image: 20.1 x 15.7 cm (7 15/16 x 6 3/16 in.)
• Collection: PR - Lithograph
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1997.228

Collection credit

Anonymous gift in honor of John Bonebrake

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