| and the ARTISTS who drew, lithographed and printed illustrations for their articles on Australian Lepidoptera | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
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| and the ARTISTS who drew, lithographed and printed illustrations for their articles on Australian Lepidoptera | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
Line drawings were produced by engraving the lines by hand typically into a sheet of copper which could then used to print copies of the drawing. Before the invention chromo-lithography (ca 1840), these line drawings were coloured by hand (aquatint).
Lithographs were made using drawings in grease on a tile of stone, which would then accept ink for printing only where there was no grease.
Chromo-lithographs were made initially by doing a series of monochrome lithographs: one in each primary colour. Then each colour plate was used to print that colour on the final paper, carefully aligning it with the other colours already printed on that paper, after drying each previous printing.
Where companies were employed by entomologists to illustrate their monographs, the actual staff who drew, engraved, printed, and possibly hand coloured the illustrations were seldom recorded.
Here is a list of the known individuals and companies of artists, engravers,
lithographers and printers involved in making the
nineteenth century illustrations reproduced in this website.
 West, Newman & Co. printers for Bethune-Baker, Hampson, and Butler. |  Wood, William Jr. lithographer for Butler |
 butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |
