British Masters of the Albumen Print A Selection of Mid-Nineteenth Century Victorian Photography

Name: British Masters of the Albumen Print A Selection of Mid-Nineteenth Century Victorian Photography
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ISBN: 9780226691718

ISBN-10: 0226691713

ISBN-13: 9780226691718

Edition: N/A

Authors: International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House Staff, Robert A. Sobieszek

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The most commonly used printing paper for photographic images during the nineteenth century was based on a prosaic medium--egg whites. The earlier salt paper print and calotype negative, while satisfying the need for inexpensive and multiplicable pictures, failed to yield precise detail. The collodion process increased image resolution on the negative, but the need for a smooth paper on which to print the finely detailed negatives became apparent. The answer came in 1850 when Louis Deacute;sireacute; Blanquart-Evrard revealed his process of adhering an emulsion to a paper base by using albumen from egg whites. Beginning in the 1850s the combination of wet collodion negatives and albumenized…

Book details

List price: $101.00
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 12/1/1976
Binding: Digital, Other
Pages: 40
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.198
Language: English