Senefelder

[ zey-nuh-fel-der ]

noun

1. A·lo·ys [ah, -loh-, y, s, ah, -lois], 1771–1834, German inventor of lithography.

Senefelder

/ ˈzenəˌfɛldə /

noun

1. Senefelder(Johan Nepomuk Franz) Aloys17711834MGermanCzechTHEATRE: dramatistARTS AND CRAFTS: engraver ( Johan Nepomuk Franz ) Aloys (ˈaloɪs). 1771–1834, German dramatist and engraver, born in Czechoslovakia, who invented (1796) lithography

Example Sentences

In 1796, after years of experimentation, Alois Senefelder, a Bavarian actor and playwright, emerged with the technique we call lithography.

From The New Yorker

Aloys Senefelder, the inventor of the art, has the direction of the works, with a well-merited pension, and the title of Inspector of Lithography.

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Nor must it be forgotten that he was among the first when Senefelder's newly discovered process was imported to try his hand at it.

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Weber and Senefelder both laid claim to the invention of lithography, though it was merely an old German art revived.

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It is an album of quite ancient lithographs, which was published at Berlin by Senefelder.

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