sb. [f. CHROMO- 2 + LITHOGRAPH.] A picture printed in colors from stone. Also attrib.
1860. Sat. Rev., IX. 438/2. In future all the Chromo-lithographs will be executed in Germany.
1869. Roscoe, Elem. Chem., 286. The general appearance of the solar spectrum … is seen by reference to the chromolithograph plate.
1870. Eng. Mech., 7 Jan., 404/3. In 1850 Messrs. Hanharts produced their first chromo-lithograph.
1875. trans. Vogel’s Chem. Light, xv. 249. If it is wished to make a chromo-lithograph of a painted picture, not only one stone, but a separate stone for almost every colour must be prepared.
So Chromolithograph v. trans., to print in colors from stone; Chromolithographer; Chromolithographic a.
1845. Art Jrnl., March, 67. Chromo-lithographic illustrations. Ibid. (1850), Aug., 262. These prints are executed … in chromo-lithographic colouring, invented by Professor Zahn in 1818, and practically applied since 1827.
1862. Thornbury, Turner, I. 341. It [the Téméraire] has also been chromo-lithographed.
1883. Athenæum, 24 Nov., 674/2. A highly finished coloured plate … drawn from nature … and chromo-lithographed.
