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AMBROTYPE [2 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

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

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

French

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

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

Spanish

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Record 2 1989-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

a positive picture made by the collodion process on glass and viewed against a dark background.

CONT

The name given in U.S. to a photograph on glass, in which the lights are produced by the silver, and the shades by a dark background showing through.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Photographie sur plaque au collodion ("amphitype"), blanchie au mercure et dont le dos est peint en noir.

Spanish

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