Ambrotypes

Description

Authoritytgm000284 https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/tgm/item/tgm000284 tgm000284Scope NoteDirect-image photographs; the chemically reduced collodion glass negative packaged against a dark background appears as a positive. Commonly in a case; popular mid-1850s to mid-1860s.

Image

[Portrait of unidentified man]

[Unidentified man]

Charles Henry Armytage, 3/4 length photo

Charles Henry Armytage, full length photo, seated

[Ambrotype of unidentified woman]

Relationships

Broader TermPhotographsNon-preferred TermsCased photographsCollodion positive photographs

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