autotype

American  

[aw-tuh-tahyp] / ˈɔ təˌtaɪp /

noun

1. facsimile.

2. Photography.

   1. a process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment.

   2. a print made by this process.

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autotype British  

/ ˈɔːtəˌtaɪp, ˌɔːtəˈtɪpɪk /

noun

1. a photographic process for producing prints in black and white, using a carbon pigment

2. an exact copy of a manuscript, etc; facsimile

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Other Word Forms

• autotypic adjective
• autotypy noun

Etymology

Origin of autotype

First recorded in 1850–55; auto- ¹ + type

Example Sentences

I tell you that the greengrocer who buys an original oil painting for sixteen shillings with frame complete is far nearer artistic salvation than the patron of the popular autotype.

From Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Casts are first taken from the coins, in white plaster; these are photographed, and the photograph printed by the autotype process.

From Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 by Ruskin, John

Had a great deal of trouble this month about reproductions of drawings in autotype.

From Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert

One of Lettice's favorite possessions, a large autotype of the Sistine Madonna, hung on the wall fronting her writing-table, so that she could see it in the pauses of her work.

From Name and Fame A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline

He also discovered the direct method of printing by the autotype process.

From Noteworthy Families (Modern Science) An Index to Kinships in Near Degrees between Persons Whose Achievements Are Honourable, and Have Been Publicly Recorded by Galton, Francis, Sir