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We saw these stones on a pavement in #Kolkata today. These stones have fascinating stories to tell. Can you Guess what they were used for before they were used in the pavement?
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Here's the answer and @ju_press got it right. These are stones used to produce #lithographic prints in the late 19th & early 20thC. But NOT just any lithographs. The famous chromolithographs of Calcutta Art Studio!
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Here's the answer and @ju_press got it right. These are stones used to produce #lithographic prints in the late 19th & early 20thC. But NOT just any lithographs. The famous chromolithographs of Calcutta Art Studio!
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Calcutta Art Studio's chromolithographs became really popular and now are scattered in collections world over. For survival, they moved on to more commercial printing. At some point, the litho stones were reused to make their parking lot, with etchings face-down.
Calcutta Art Studio's chromolithographs became really popular and now are scattered in collections world over. For survival, they moved on to more commercial printing. At some point, the litho stones were reused to make their parking lot, with etchings face-down.
