Oleograph

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A chromolithograph printed with oil paint on canvas in imitation of an oil painting.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A type of chromolithograph, using oil paint on canvas, that attempts to imitate oil painting
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The form or figure assumed by a drop of oil when placed upon water or some other liquid with which it does not mix.
  • n. A picture produced in oils by a process analogous to that of lithographic printing.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A picture produced in oils by a process analogous to that of lithographic printing.
    • Word Usage
    "As soon as the door was opened, I was confronted by a loathsome oleograph of a Neapolitan shepherdess (that same oleograph used to turn up often in the shops where unclaimed objects from the state pawnshop, the Monte di Pietà, are sold)."
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