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Any ideas about this???
« on: March 22, 2009, 05:39:09 PM »
...I dont have much of an idea about old photographic techniques so could be a very simple/easy answer to this.

This is an old family photo, or at least we always presumed,  on the back it says "taken at Marsha(presume it says ll after this) in croydon"

Thought it was B&W print  but the image seems to be on glass and relies on being placed on a dark background.

So my first thought is glass negative, I just always presumed would have been printed onto paper.....


Sorry for pic, via my phone and im at my moms.....



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Re: Any ideas about this???
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2009, 05:50:25 PM »
Daggeurotype, maybe Ambrotype.

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Re: Any ideas about this???
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2009, 06:01:51 PM »
Probably more likely to be ambrotype. Dags are on silver/silverplated items, ambros are on glass. Positive/negative effect, you get a positive when it's darkbacked. And obviously looks like it's handpainted details :) Very cool.
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Re: Any ideas about this???
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2009, 06:19:04 PM »
Yes, this is an Ambrotype...I have some of these in my family photo box, too.
Here's a link to the Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrotype

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Re: Any ideas about this???
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2009, 10:07:46 PM »
Yes, it is an Ambrotype. Also known as a wet plate colloidon.
The negatives were placed on a background of either black varnish or black velvet so that they appear as positive.
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Re: Any ideas about this???
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2009, 11:09:47 AM »
here is a scan!



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Re: Any ideas about this???
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2009, 02:16:49 PM »
That was scanned using the reflective light and black background?

I must admit this must have been a somewhat deluxe edition with the addition of color.
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Re: Any ideas about this???
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2009, 11:10:26 PM »
yeah it was my moms flatbed(non photo version)


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Re: Any ideas about this???
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2009, 11:19:28 PM »
Wow what a great photo to have in the family!