calotype

[ kal-uh-tahyp ]

noun

1. an early negative-positive photographic process, patented by William Henry Talbot in 1841, in which a paper negative is produced and then used to make a positive contact print in sunlight.
2. a print made by this process.

calotype

/ ˈkæləʊˌtaɪp /

noun

1. an early photographic process invented by W. H. Fox Talbot, in which the image was produced on paper treated with silver iodide and developed by sodium thiosulphite
2. a photograph made by this process

Word History and Origins

Origin of calotype¹

1835–45; < Greek kalo- (combining form of kalós beautiful) + -type

Word History and Origins

Origin of calotype¹

C19: from Greek kalos beautiful + -type

Example Sentences

Why not adopt and abide by the simplicity of the calotype process as given in a late Number?

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What price would some early edition of his works bear, 184 with his likeness in calotype fronting the title?

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Curiously enough, though for very obvious reasons, the Daguerreotype seems to favour one method, the Calotype the other.

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Three hours in the calotype and waxed-paper process, and half-an-hour sufficed for the collodion process!!

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The notion of a "national reward" for the Calotype scarcely requires a remark.

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