H. Hallett and Company

Winter Pets

H. Hallett & Company origiinal chromolithograph. Winter Pets is printed on thick nineteenth century wove paper and with full margins, as published in Portland, Maine by the American publisher in 1879. It is a splendid example of nineteenth century chromolithographic art.

Original Chromolithograph by the American publisher, H. Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine.

Winter Pets

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Title:	Winter Pets
Publisher:	H. Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine
Date:	1879
Medium:	Original Chromolithograph
Note:	The State of Maine was home to two of the largest and the most accomplished lithographic publishers, H. Hallet & Co, in Portland and True & co., in Augusta. Winter Pets is a wonderful example of the chromolithographs published by H. Hallett & Company in the nineteenth century.
	Chromolithography: This term includes all types of lithography printed in colour. By using a series of carefully registered stones, a chromolithograph requires an individual printing for every colour required. Some of the more complicated examples ran to more than thirty printings.
	During the nineteenth century, chromolithography was used for everything from advertising to fine art. The most famous examples are the large art nouveau posters of Lautrec, Grasset, Berthon and others. Winter Pets is truly unique work of Americana art.
	The revolutionary art of colour printmaking from lithographic stones began in Europe during the mid 1830's. The Germans, in particular, excelled in the new art form and many accomplished printers and publishers of that nationality moved to the United States at this time. The first American chromolithograph was created in 1840. During the following fifty years many of these original colour prints were made to adorn the walls of American parlours. Large and profitable businesses sprang up in almost every major city and by 1880 it had become the dominant form of artistic printmaking. The cheaper and more practical advances of photomechanical methods, however, sounded the death knell for the chromolithograph by the turn of the century. Yet, not even our most sophisticated means of reproducing images can equal the vibrant, oil-based colours of the chromolithograph.
	Today these chromolithographs have become very scarce, particularly the large images. A major share of the blame falls upon the ruinous methods of nineteenth century framers as they most often used the most acidic and damaging materials at hand. The result is that the majority of these important works of art have quite literally rotted away in their frames. Even surviving examples usually contain discolouration, time staining, chipping or creasing, as is the case with this original example.
Reference:	P. C. Marzio, The Democratic Art: Pictures for a 19th Century America, Boston, David R. Godine, 1979
Size:	11 1/4 X 8 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $125.00 US
Condition:	Printed on thick nineteenth century wove paper and with full margins, as published in Portland in 1879. Slight chipping and rubbing has occurred along the outer margins, else this original chromolithograph is in good condition throughout. Altogether Winter Pets is a splendid example of 19th century chromolithographic art.
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