Re: 19th and 20th Century British and American Print Revival Current Materials

Dr. Katz,

I have fielded your request regarding resources about the print revival in Britain and America in the 19th and 20th centuries and have found some I think may be of use to you. This list is by no means comprehensive but should give you a good idea of some current resources. I encourage you to survey the sites listed below beyond the links I included; as many contain information and links to further relevant resources outside of the site. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions!

1. Print Quarterly - Peer-reviewed, international journal committed to the study of prints and print making. This journal is published yearly. Scroll to the bottom of the page for a list of journals by year. Click on a year to see the table of contents. Print Quarterly is a subscription journal we subscribe to and can be accessed on devices connected to school wifi or by logging in with your Faculty ID and password remotely. 
2. University, Museum and Library 19th and 20th Century Print Collections - Many universities, museums and libraries have digitized their print collections and made them available to the public via their websites or flickr pages. The images are generally high quality and often can be downloaded. I have had past success contacting the institution about obtaining higher resolution images as well, if you need to see more detail. Here are some examples:
1. 19th and 20th Century Labor Prints - Georgia State University
2. BPL Flickr Sets - George Wesley Bellows Lithographs - The Boston Public Library Flickr contains albums of some of the holdings from their 19th and 20th century print collection, so looking through the rest of their albums may be worth your while
3. The Old Print Gallery Blog - An Exploration of Prints and Maps - Blog run by The Old Print Gallery in Washington D.C. The blog is updated frequently and generously tagged, allowing you to access different categories. Click on the drop down tab (three white lines) at the top of the page to access their categories. 
4. Victoria and Albert Museum - Prints and Printmakers Study Guide - This study guide from the V&A museum in London is a good research-beginning resource. They provide some information about printing and catalogue raisonnés while also providing links to some of the materials from their own collection. Materials include prints, published catalogues, and bibliographies. 
5. Art Full Text - Monthly updated subscription database containing full text materials from a number of different sources. We have access to this database, but seeing as it is subscription, the same parameters of accessing Print Quarterly apply here. I linked the contents page for Art Full Text so you could browse the different publications it compiles.
6. Grosvenor Prints - The most recent post from this London based printseller is from June 2015, so this blog is not as frequently updated, but it does contain some wonderful information on British prints. Check out the very active Grosvenor Prints Twitter as a companion. 
7. Antique Prints Blog - Run by Denver based printseller Christopher W. Lane. In addition to co-owning The Philadelphia Prints Shop and the The Philadelphia Printshop West, Lane researches, lectures, and writes about prints and maps. His blog covers prints from the 17th to the 19th centuries, so you may have to do some digging to find information of interest to you.
8. Print Council of America - Print Council of America is a great online resource and a must-know for print study. It contains a list of published catalogue raisonnés for thousands of artists, as well as some relevant print study information.
9. The Iris - Getty's online magazine/blog. Follow the link to the prints and drawings section of the magazine. There appears to be no list of tags, so once again, you might have to do some digging, but they post frequently and I think you will find the posts to be interesting.
10. American Printing History Association and The Printing Historical Society  - These two associations, one from the United States and one from the UK respectively, are dedicated to the study and research of prints. Getting in contact with associations such as these will be helpful in your research, as they can give you access to other members, publications, exhibitions etc.

I do hope you find some of these sites to be of use to you. Once again, if you have questions or would like further insight, I am in office 9-5 Monday-Friday and always available though email. Good luck on your research and keep in touch, I am interested to see what you come up with.

Best,

Erin Boyle

Art Librarian

Massachusetts University