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SEPIA PAPER [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2016-02-29
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Photography
- Reprography
- Types of Paper
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- sepia paper
1, record 1, English, sepia%20paper
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- sepia 2, record 1, English, sepia
see observation
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
a photographic paper sensitized by a process analogous to kallitype and used especially for plan copying. 1, record 1, English, - sepia%20paper
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
kallitype: a contact printing-out photographic process that uses paper sensitized with a ferric salt and silver nitrate and a developer containing borax and Rochelle salt. 1, record 1, English, - sepia%20paper
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 DEF
for "sepia" : Translucent papers, plasticized or unplasticized, that have been treated with diazonium salts which when processed turn brown in colour. Used as an inexpensive intermediate. 2, record 1, English, - sepia%20paper
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Photographie
- Reprographie
- Sortes de papier
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- papier sépia 1, record 1, French, papier%20s%C3%A9pia
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- papier bistre 1, record 1, French, papier%20bistre
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La diazocopie se cantonne (...) dans les limites du tirage de plans (...) Les papiers actuellement disponibles pour la diazocopie permettent d'obtenir différentes couleurs: bleu, noir, havane, marron, sanguine, ocre, sépia. (...) Ils peuvent être transparents, translucides, opaques (...) 2, record 1, French, - papier%20s%C3%A9pia
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2004-10-04
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Intaglio Printing
- Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
- Photography
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- Van Dyke process
1, record 2, English, Van%20Dyke%20process
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- sepia paper process 2, record 2, English, sepia%20paper%20%20process
proposal
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A brown print process [by which paper] sensitized with silver nitrate, ferric ammonium citrate and citric acid is exposed under line drawings when the ferrous salt produced by light action reduces the silver nitrate producing a brown image which is fixed in hypo. 1, record 2, English, - Van%20Dyke%20process
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
... used in USA for making line negatives for photo printing and for proofing colour litho negatives. 1, record 2, English, - Van%20Dyke%20process
Record 2, Key term(s)
- Vandyke process
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Impression en creux (héliogravure)
- Lithographie, offset et phototypie
- Photographie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- procédé Van Dyke
1, record 2, French, proc%C3%A9d%C3%A9%20Van%20Dyke
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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