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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Potteryplease, post: 3133671, member: 16407&quot;]Thanks for the links and info! From that last source, commonplace.online:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Finally, in terms of its graphics, <i>Picturesque California</i> could and would have been produced only at the particular time it was: when artists still played a major role in landscape images in books; when etching was the new artistic craze; when printing of photogravures was a new (and short-lived) technology; when wood engraving was being gradually replaced by photoengraving; and when, although the allure of color was strong, the technology for four-color printing had yet to be worked out. <i>Picturesque California</i> was a most flamboyant example of the last major publications illustrating scenery and cities before photography and mechanization displaced artists and craftspeople.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>That about sums it all up, I guess!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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