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Carbon Prints
A carbon print is a photographic print with an image consisting of pigmented gelatin, rather than silver or other metallic particles suspended in a uniform layer of gelatin, as in…
Dancers
Stanisław Julian Ignacy Ostroróg (also known as Walery) was a Polish photographer active in London and Paris between 1890 and 1929
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Sepia-toned
Sepia-toned. Sepia toning is a chemical process used in photography which changes the appearance of black-and-white prints to brown. The color is now often associated with antique photographs. Most photo…
Posted inGlossary Photographs
Gelatin Silver Prints
Gelatin Silver Prints. The gelatin silver process is the most commonly used chemical process in black-and-white photography, and is the fundamental chemical process for modern analog color photography. As such,…
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Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo, known as Victor Hugo, was a French Romantic writer and politician. He was born on the 26th February 1802 and had a literary career that spanned more than…
Sir George Alexander
Sir George Alexander was the son of a Scottish manufacturer, he made his acting debut at Nottingham and after some seasons in the provinces, he made his first London appearance…
Mrs Patrick Campbell
Mrs Patrick Campbell, born Beatrice Rose Stella Tanner and known informally as "Mrs Pat", was an English stage actress who made her name through her role in A.W. Pinero's The…
15th Century Prints
15th Century Prints. During the fifteenth century printing became more popular as paper became freely available and cheaper, and the average artistic level fell, so that by the second half…
19th Century Prints
19th Century Prints. During the nineteenth century the productivity of presses increased greatly, partly because of improvements in their construction and partly because of the use of steam to power…
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Wove Paper
Wove paper is defined as a paper having a cloth-like appearance when viewed by transmitted light (Roberts & Etherington, 1982, p. 284). In handmade paper, the finely woven wires in…
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Pierrot
Pierrot is a stock character of pantomime and commedia dell'arte whose origins are in the late seventeenth-century Italian troupe of players performing in Paris and known as the Comédie-Italienne, the…
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Columbine – Fictional Character
Columbine is a stock character in the Commedia dell'Arte. She is the mistress of Harlequin's mistress, a comic servant and wife of Pierrot. Rudlin and Crick use the Italian spelling…
