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▪ I. lithograph, n.|ˈlɪθəgrɑːf, -æ-|
[f. litho- + -graph (or a back-formation from lithography).]
1. A lithographic print. Also attrib.
1828Disraeli Voy. Capt. Popanilla ix. 96 It was a sublime lithograph. 1839Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Life (1870) III. vii. 98 We have an exquisite lithograph of Lucas's portrait of my father. 1846N. F. Moore Hist. Sk. Columbia Coll. 23 These streets, probably, like those of many lithograph cities of recent date, existed only upon paper. 1868G. Duff Pol. Surv. 179 Melancholy lithographs represent to us a long-faced, square-browed man. 1970Oxf. Compan. Art. 666/1 Lithographs have..taken on a number of appearances, ranging from simple linear designs made with pen or crayon to colour prints with the most varied effects of transparency and texture.
2. An inscription on stone. nonce-use.
1859Whittier ‘The Rock’ in El Ghor iv, The graven wonders pay No tribute to the spoiler, Time! Unchanged the awful lithograph Of power and glory undertrod.
▪ II. ˈlithograph, v.
[f. as prec.]
1. trans. To print from stone; to produce by a lithographic process; in first quot. to make a lithographic portrait of. Also absol. or intr.
1825Hone Every-day Bk. I. 1457 This personage has obtained himself to be sketched and lithographed. 1853Sir H. Douglas Milit. Bridges (ed. 3) 93 Of this work, the part relating to bridges was, in 1850, lithographed at the Royal Engineer Establishment at Chatham. 1859Lang Wand. India 235 This native print..was lithographed in the Oordoo language.
2. To write or engrave on stone. rare.
1872J. Fergusson Rude Stone Mon. 73 If they could have written to any primeval ‘Times’, they would not have taken such pains to lithograph their victory on the spot.
Hence ˈlithographed ppl. a.
1826Disraeli Viv. Grey I. ii. x. 151 A bundle of Stewart Newton's beauties, languishing, and lithographed. 1829H. C. Robinson Diary 13 Aug. (1967) 102 Knebel had shown me a lithographed manuscript. 1839–41S. Warren Ten Thous. a Year III. 407 A lithographed likeness of his odious face. 1851Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. 1213 Specimens of gilt, lithographed, and coloured borders. 1880V. Ball Jungle Life India xii. 535, I bought several lithographed books in the Urdu language. 1890Athenæum 21 June 802/3 It is proposed to publish in lithographed facsimile a manuscript volume of recipes. |