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TALBOTYPE [2 records]

Record 1 1999-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

Process for making paper negatives in the camera using paper coated with silver iodide, treated with a solution of silver nitrate, acetic and gallic acid shortly before exposure and developed in the same solution. The paper negative was rendered translucent by waxing before contact printing on to similar matter.

Key term(s)
  • calotype process
  • calotype system
  • talbotype process
  • talbotype system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Procédé mis au point par Fox Talbot permettant l'obtention directe de négatifs sur papier, utilisés pour la réalisation de tirages positifs.

Spanish

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Record 2 1981-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
CONT

Calotypes, also called Talbotypes, after William Henry Fox Talbot who first described them in England in January of 1839, are paper positive prints. A sheet of hand-made writing or drawing paper was dipped into a solution of ordinary salt, sodium chloride, and wiped dry; thus they are sometimes called "salted prints".

Key term(s)
  • salted print

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Image photographique obtenue par CALOTYPIE.

CONT

Négatif sur papier, le calotype se reconnaît aisément.

Key term(s)
  • papier salé
  • talbotype

Spanish

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