chromolithograph
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chromolithograph
First recorded in 1855–60; chromo- + lithograph
Example Sentences
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Alongside his own survey of Mont Blanc published in a monumental chromolithograph is his modest diagram of its underlying crystalline structure, as if it were a faceted gem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
I looked in the direction of Henrietta's pointed finger to a cheap chromolithograph that was tacked on the wall between the windows and immediately over the barrel where we were eating.
From The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself by Dorothy Richardson
He hated red hair, he said, making no allowance for the umber-red of Australian gold, and where I saw the lights of Limoges enamel he found no more than the garish tints of a chromolithograph.
From The High Heart by Basil King
Dashed if I don't believe it's a chromolithograph!
From Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 by Various
Of the spirits as artists I have of course no knowledge, but as regards my father, he, I am certain, could hardly have told a Raphael from a chromolithograph copy.
From Aylwin by Theodore Watts-Dunton
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