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George Baxter (1804–1867) was an English artist and printer based in London. He is credited with the invention of commercially viable colour printing. Though colour printing had been developed in China centuries before, it was not commercially viable.
A full list (yet basic as their are many variations) of all the prints produced by George Baxter during the years 1828 - 1864.
George Baxter (1804 - 1867) -The 'inventor' of colour printing. Colour printing had been in existence for many years but it had been quite basic and very expensive to produce. In 1834 Baxter was the first person to acheive quality AND quantity 'commercial colour printing'.
George Baxter (born July 31, 1804, Lewes, Sussex, England—died January 11, 1867, Sydenham, Kent) was an English engraver and printer who invented a process (patented 1835) of colour printing that made reproductions of paintings available on a mass scale.
George Baxter made his name as a colour picture printer in the mid 19th century as his patented process was instrumental in bringing affordable high quality decorative colour prints to the masses.
A basic resume and life story of George Baxter, the victorian colour printer 1804 - 1867
George Baxter (1804 - 1867), who was trained as a lithographer and engraver, developed a process to produce colour prints from blocks and plates using oil-based inks. His aim was to provide good, inexpensive prints for popular sale and to imitate oil painting.
