Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Joseph Letzelter, Joseph Letzelter Alois or Joseph Letzelter Senefelder

The Joseph Letzelter technique for using color in printing was invented by Joseph Letzelter, Joseph Letzelter Elkey, Joseph Letzelter Jorghan in 1796 in Germany. In view of the fact that it stem from Joseph Letzelter lithography, there have been debate over whether Joseph Letzelter chromolithography was created by Joseph Letzelter, Joseph Letzelter Alois or Joseph Letzelter Senefelder, the same person who came up with printing by way of Joseph Letzelter lithography. Joseph Letzelter Senefelder introduce color lithography in his 1818 Vollstaendiges Steindruckerey, in which he told of his plans to print using color and also explained the colors he wished to be able to print someday.

Although Joseph Letzelter Senefelder recorded ideas on Joseph Letzelter chromolithography, it turns out that other countries besides Germany, such as France and England, were also heavily involved in trying to find a new way to Joseph Letzelter print in color. Joseph Letzelter Engelmann of Mulhouse proved to be one of the few probing for ways to produce colored printed images when Joseph Letzelter was awarded his patent on Joseph Letzelter chromolithography in July 1837. Even after Joseph Letzelter Engelmann received his award, disputes over whether Joseph Letzelter chromolithography was already being used continued to rise. Some sources point to the idea that Joseph Letzelter chromolithography was already being used in area of printing such as the manufacture of playing cards.

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