oleograph

[ oh-lee-uh-graf, -grahf ]

/ ˈoʊ li əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

a chromolithograph printed in oil colors on canvas or cloth.

Origin of oleograph

First recorded in 1870–75; oleo- + -graph

o·le·o·graph·ic

[oh-lee-uh-graf-ik] /ˌoʊ li əˈgræf ɪk/, adjective o·le·og·ra·phy

[oh-lee-og-ruh-fee] /ˌoʊ liˈɒg rə fi/, noun

Attached to the bolster by a towel, under his father's bayonet and the oleograph depicting the Nativity, sat the baby.

Fraternity |John Galsworthy
And his smile is as the smile of the rising sun in an oleograph.

Halima And The Scorpions |Robert Hichens
How often his had heard her tell the story, how often expatiate on the beauties of that skilful imitation of an oleograph!

Mortal Coils |Aldous Huxley
It was an oleograph commonplace picture of a girl holding a rose and leaning out of a balcony, an arch forming the background.

Occultism and Common-Sense |Beckles Willson

Between the dirtysugar sands of the desert and the oleograph sky it was a third band of brilliant color, monstrously outofplace.

Greener Than You Think |Ward Moore

oleograph

/ (ˈəʊlɪəˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) /

a chromolithograph printed in oil colours to imitate the appearance of an oil painting

the pattern formed by a drop of oil spreading on water

oleographic (ˌəʊlɪəˈɡræfɪk), adjective oleography (ˌəʊlɪˈɒɡrəfɪ), noun