Enfilade

This collection of essays will build and expand upon the research recently presented at the conference of the same name (Institute of English Studies, London, April 2018) to offer the first handbook of color printing techniques in the long eighteenth century.

Printing Colour 1700–1830: Histories, Techniques, Functions and Receptions
Edited by Elizabeth Savage and Margaret Morgan Grasselli

Proposals due by 8 June 2018; finished essays due by 15 February 2019

Following from the award-winning volume Printing Colour 1400–1700, Printing Colour 1700–1830 will be the first handbook of early modern colour printmaking in the long eighteenth century. It will contribute to a new, interdisciplinary paradigm for the history of printed material in the west. It aims to understand how new (and old) forms of colour printing changed communication during the late handpress period, from the invention of trichromatic printing until the Industrial Revolution and the introduction of chromolithography allowed the mass production of diverse colour-printed materials.

The discussion will encompass all media, techniques, and functions, from text to image, fashion to fine art, wallpaper to scientific communication. For this reason, submissions are sought from academics, curators, special collections librarians, printers, printmakers, cataloguers, conservators, art historians, book historians, digital humanities practitioners, scientists, and others who care for colour-printed material, seek to understand how it was produced and used, or engage with it in research.

Please submit 300-word abstracts online by 8 June 2018. Chapters of 4,000–6,000 words (including notes and captions) with up to 10 illustrations will be due 15 February 2019 for publication in mid-2020. The book will be peer-reviewed and published in full colour. Contributors will be responsible for sourcing images and copyright for their contributions, but they will qualify for fee waivers from many heritage collections because the publisher is a charitable academic press. This book is an output of the Printing Colour Project. For enquiries, please contact Gemma Cornetti at printingcolourproject@gmail.com.