oleograph
Americannoun
noun
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a chromolithograph printed in oil colours to imitate the appearance of an oil painting
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the pattern formed by a drop of oil spreading on water
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She looked at the plain furniture and cheap carpet; the wallpaper was hideous; there was a frightful oleograph of two Early Victorian women with crinolines and ringlet curls hanging over the mantlepiece.
From The Phantom Lover by Ruby M. (Ruby Mildred) Ayres
When it was over, I lighted her cigarette, and drew her attention to the oleograph, which pictured Gideon's astonishment at the condition of what, on examination, proved to be a large fleece.
From The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates
An oleograph of a picture illustrating this event is found in almost every Serbian house, be it private house or Government building.
From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 by Henry Baerlein
At the front of the room, above the speaker's platform, hung an oleograph representing the Good Shepherd.
From Jerusalem by Velma Swanston Howard
One day he stood before the oleograph, apparently examining with deep interest the different aspects of the Swiss scenery.
From A Mummer's Wife by George (George Augustus) Moore
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