Lot #221 - George Baxter (1804 - 1867) - Untitled
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Auction House:Lugosi Auctioneers & Valuers
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Sale Name:November Collectors' Cabinet Auction
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Sale Date:03 Nov 2019 ~ 12noon (AEDT)
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Lot #:221
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Lot Description:George Baxter (1804 - 1867) - Untitled
Baxter Print measures 30.5cm x 24.5cm framed -
Notes:An English artist and printer of English descent, George Baxter has been credited with making colour prints commercially viable and available through his patented oil printing method developed in the nineteenth century. Developing the methods of George Savage, Baxter experimented with colour printing, producing twenty million prints throughout his life. This work bears his insignia's, both "Printed by G. Baxter the inventor and patentee of oil colour printing" and "printed in oil colours by G. Baxter patentee". This is one of his earlier works, prior to the colour lithography that followed his original oil technique.
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Estimate:A$0 - 0
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Realised Price:
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Category:Affordable Art
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