Plate III: Composition of Salts (1856)
Edward Livingston YoumansFor your project
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Provenance / Rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1887)
SPECIFICATIONS
- Artist
- Edward Livingston Youmans
- Category
- Illustration
- Year
- 1856
- Nationality / school
- American
- Lifespan
- 1821–1887
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Material
- Digital JPEG + PDF files
- Available sizes
- Print-ready master at your wall size, on request
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ABOUT THE ARTWORK
This page presents "Plate III: Composition of Salts" (1856), created by Edward Livingston Youmans. About the period around 1856: The first half of the nineteenth century moved from Neoclassicism to Romanticism, which placed emotion, nature, and the sublime at the centre of painting. Landscape gained new prestige through groups such as the Barbizon painters in France and the Hudson River School in the United States, and by mid-century Realism turned to ordinary people and everyday labour. The catalogue places it in Illustration. The format is portrait. Illustration in brief: Printing methods such as woodcut, engraving, lithography, and photomechanical reproduction each shaped how illustrators worked. Illustration serves a text or a story, a tradition that runs from decorated medieval manuscripts to printed book plates, magazines, and posters.
Buying "Plate III: Composition of Salts" means getting a digital file, not a physical print: Digital JPEG + PDF files, 300 DPI, delivered by email once payment is confirmed. A 300 DPI file is intended for printing at home or at a local print shop, where you can choose a matte, satin, or fine-art paper to suit the room. A portrait format suits narrow wall spaces, hallways, and the area beside a door or window. Illustrative graphics are valued for their decorative line work and narrative quality, which makes them a strong fit for gallery walls, kids rooms, studies, and more intimate interiors. A simple frame with a mat often helps an image settle comfortably into a room. Hang the print away from direct sunlight, which over the years can fade any printed colour. Screens and printers render colour differently, so a small test print is a sensible way to check tones before committing to a large size. Matte and fine-art papers reduce glare in bright rooms, while glossy papers give stronger contrast and deeper blacks.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
American, 1821–1887
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