- Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 11:28:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Iris Snyder <[log in to unmask]> COLOR PRINTING IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY--THE ELECTRONIC EXHIBITION A digital version of the exhibition COLOR PRINTING IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, which recently opened in the Special Collections Exhibition Gallery of the Morris Library, University of Delaware is now available on the World Wide Web It may be accessed at: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/color The nineteenth century was the turning point for technical developement in color illustration. At the beginning of the century, books with color plates were hand-colored by the artist, using techniques dating back to the Renaissance. A hundred years later, the photo-reproductive process and the steam-driven printing press took printing out of the hands of the artist and introduced processes which would be used until the computer revolution of our day. COLOR PRINTING IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY documents these changes in color printing technology by displaying some of the finest examples of books illustrated in color, published from the last quarter of the eighteenth century until the beginning of the twentieth century. The exhibition, which will run through December 18, was curated by Iris Snyder of the Special Collections Department. An illustrtd catalog of the exhibition is available from the Office of the Director of Libraries, university of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19717-5267. Iris Snyder Special Collections University of Delaware Library [log in to unmask] (302)831-2229