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A chromolithograph is produced by applying the design to be printed onto a stone with a greasy chalk. The surface of the stone is then moistened. As grease and water do not combine, the parts already drawn upon repel the water and the untouched parts absorb it. Greasy ink is passed over the surface. The wet parts reject the ink while the greasy parts attract it. The paper on which the image is to be printed is placed on this surface and together they are passed through a press. One stone is used for each colour.<br><br>This print was produced for the Arundel Society. The subjects, to be reproduced for subscribers to the Society were chosen by a council who favoured Italian decorative and narrative fresco cycles of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. Artists were employed to copy these works of art. The watercolours they produced were examined and selected by the council and then forwarded to the printers.<br><br><b>Ownership & Use</b><br>Subscribers to the Arundel Society were drawn from many walks of life. By the time of the Society's eventual closure in 1897 over 200,000 chromolithographs had been circulated. Regular members would have been in possession of a large number of prints and for this reason many examples found their way into school rooms, churches and village halls where they can still be found today.","physicalDescription":"The print is from Michelangelo's fresco of the Prophet Jeremiah in the Sistine Chapel, Rome. The image shows the Prophet seated in a niche. Behind him are two figures. There is a plaque with the name 'Jeremiah'  below the Prophet's feet.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Mariannecci, Cesari","id":"A8640"},"association":{"text":"copyist","id":"AAT25189"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Michelangelo","id":"A3843"},"association":{"text":"painter (artist)","id":"AAT25136"},"note":"After"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Storch and Kramer","id":"A9575"},"association":{"text":"printer","id":"x30811"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"printing ink","id":"AAT187371"},{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"chromolithography","id":"AAT53272"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Chromolithograph","categories":[{"text":"Prints","id":"THES48903"},{"text":"Religion","id":"THES48900"},{"text":"Christianity","id":"THES48978"},{"text":"Paintings","id":"THES48917"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2006AL3062"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"B","id":"THES304788"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"print","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Germany","id":"x28873"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1871","earliest":"1871-01-01","latest":"1871-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"E.224-1995","id":"O206167"},"association":"Original"},{"object":{"text":"25122","id":"O633400"},"association":"Duplicate"}],"creditLine":"Given by Miss Helen Mitchell","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"57","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"in original frame","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"46.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 14/11/2000 by kl","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"JEREMIAH","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Below the plinth on which the Prophet is seated"},{"content":"Jeremiah by Michelangelo. Painted by Mariannecci and published 1871 by Storch and Kramer under direction of Professor L Gruner.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Label on the back of the frame"}],"objectHistory":"This print belonged to the donor's father who was a vicar (possibly Canon J.T. Mitchell of St Bridget's Church in Liverpool).\r\n\r\nThe original fresco from which this copy is taken is in the Sistine Chapel, Vactican, Rome.","historicalContext":"The Arundel Society, founded in 1848 was named after Thomas Howard, second Earl of Arundel and Surrey (1548-1646), the great connoisseur and collector. Its aim was to promote a greater knowledge of art through the publication of literary works and reproductions of works of art. Italian decorative and narrative fresco cycles of the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries predominated but classical art was included in the plans from the outset and some examples of the work of Northern European artists were added later.\r\n\r\nThe subjects were selected by a Council consisting of people influential in the art world, including John Ruskin, the renowned author and art critic. The emphasis, in keeping with wider current thinking, was on providing instruction rather than enjoyment. The prospectus issued in 1849 stated that 'in their execution, that manner will be preferred which most truthfully expresses the original, rather than that which presents the greatest attraction to the eye'.\r\n\r\nBy the time of the Society's closure in 1897 over two hundred chromolithographs had been circulated. Regular members would have been in possession of a large number of prints and for this reason many examples found their way into school rooms, churches and village halls.","briefDescription":"The Prophet Jeremiah: copy after the fresco in the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo; chromolithograph; 1871","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"'A Study of the Arundel Society 1848-1897'; Tanya Ledger; PhD thesis; St Hilda's College, Oxford; 1978"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Jeremiah","id":"N605"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nARUNDEL SOCIETY PRINTS<br>\nThese chromolithographs are copies of paintings by Italian Renaissance masters. They were produced for the Arundel Society, which was founded in 1848 to promote a greater knowledge of art through the publication of literary works and reproductions which could be purchased by its members. By 1866 the Society had well over a thousand members who bought this type of print as wall decoration for both secular and religious settings.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}},{"text":"Prophet Jeremiah , Michelangelo Buonarotti\r\n(Sistine Chapel, Vatican)\r\nPublished 1871 by Storch and Kramer, Berlin\r\nChromolithograph in a contemporary frame\r\nLent by Miss Helen Mitchell\r\n\r\nThis chromolithograph of Michelangelo's 'Jeremiah' was printed by the German firm of Storch and Kramer, who produced much of the Society's work. The adoption of chromolithography as the Society's principal method of publishing works of art was an immense success and membership increased by more than two hundred between 1857 and 1858.\r\n\r\nThe Society had introduced two classes of publication - annual publications which were automatically sent to subscribers and occasional publications which were sold separately at lower prices to members and higher prices to non-members.","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}}],"partNumbers":["E.138-1998"],"accessionNumberNum":"138","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":1998,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LR2856","2019LP2160","2019LV6478"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-25","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":true}}