Exhibitions

Fine Art for Everyone: The Chromolithography of Louis Prang, 1865-1900

July 1, 1973 – December 31, 1973

National Museum of American History
1300 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC

3rd Floor

See on Map Floor Plan

See about 20 chromolithographs by Louis Prant of Boston that illustrate an inexpensive, popular method of reproduction of the 19th century. Included are a watercolor by Thomas Moran alongside the Prang chromolithograph, and a series of color progressives in the development of a chromolithograph.