Christ Preaching c. 19th century

Editor: Here we have Paul Jacob Laminit's "Christ Preaching." Given it's a print, I'm curious about the labour involved in its production and how that might affect its reception. What do you make of it? Curator: Well, considering Laminit's era, this print signifies a shift in image dissemination. The act of replicating and distributing images democratized access, but what socio-economic structures enabled such production, and who truly benefitted from it? Editor: So, it’s less about the divine, and more about the means? Curator: Precisely! How does mass production alter our understanding of "originality," and who controlled the materials and the printing presses of the time? Food for thought, isn’t it? Editor: Definitely. Seeing it through this lens highlights the usually unseen hands behind the art.