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TINTYPE [3 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

tintype: an item in the "Documentary Objects" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

ferrotypie : objet de la classe «Objets documentaires» de la catégorie «Objets de communication».

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

a positive photograph made by a collodion process on a thin iron plate and having a darkened surface (as of black enamel).

Key term(s)
  • energiatype
  • ferrotype print

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Image positive obtenue par réflexion sur une plaque métallique (tôle) laquée noire.

CONT

Les ferrotypes (à partir de 1853) sont des images positives obtenues par sensibilisation sur une plaque métallique noire. L'aspect métallique et ce fond noir permettent de les identifier assez facilement.

OBS

«tintype» : Terme employé surtout dans les pays anglophones pour désigner les ferrotypes.

Key term(s)
  • energiatype

Spanish

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Record 3 1982-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

An early type of photograph that is a direct positive image made on a sensitized piece of enameled tin or iron.

OBS

In the 1933 edition of The Oxford English Dictionary the written form "melainotype" is said to be incorrect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Image positive obtenue par réflexion sur une plaque métallique (tôle) laquée noire.

OBS

«tintype» : Terme employé surtout dans les pays anglophones pour désigner les ferrotypes.

Key term(s)
  • melainotype
  • melanotype

Spanish

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