Sacrificer c. 19th century

Editor: This is "Sacrificer" by Pierre Louis Henri Laurent. The lithograph shows a figure draped in cloth, holding what looks like a small dish. How might we interpret this work through its production? Curator: Let's consider the act of making a lithograph. It involves skilled labor, specific materials, and a system of production to create multiples. How does this mass-producible image of a "sacrificer" influence our understanding of ritual and its accessibility in Laurent's time? Editor: That's fascinating. I hadn't thought about how the medium itself connects to ideas about access and distribution. Curator: Precisely. The materiality of the print, its reproducibility, impacts the social context of the image and potentially challenges the exclusive nature of sacrifice.