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the original art served as a measured maquette that was meant to be passed on to the artisan
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Yes, that's exactly what I think, TD. It may have been more than one artist at work on the litho stone. I can imagine that they might have divided the work between the artisan who did the pictorial work and another one whose specialty was lettering.
And, my guess is that there was probably a third artist responsible for breaking down the colors into a more limited range and then cutting the appropriate stencils.