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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pat P, post: 419387, member: 201&quot;]I&#039;m not sure on some of the aspects, but suspect that just like today with mass-produced art, publishers often sought work from artists rather than the other way around. Artists have rarely earned much money, at least while alive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Often publishers had subscribers who bought prints over time, like one a month, to add to their collection. Or sometimes publishers put together a portfolio of work by various artists and issued it as a set. I don&#039;t know how large the runs usually were, or how often they were repeated. I would guess that some were limited-editions while others weren&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prints were a way for people of modest means to enjoy the aesthetics of art or hang something they enjoyed on the walls. Sometimes there was probably a status thing, too, just like with some collectors today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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