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

Mr. Sawyer naturally turned his attention, in the first place, to the autotype process, but it was then in its infancy, and the price prohibitory.

From The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by Werge, John

He found the very autotype of Mona Lisa he coveted, and farther he was persuaded by the picture-dealer to buy for two guineas a signed proof of a small copperplate engraving of the Primavera.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton

Preparation of the Tissue.—The gelatine generally recom­mended to compound the mixture is the Nelson's autotype gelatine.

From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Duchochois, Peter C.

Facsimiles are given in the well-known edition of the Psalter, which was photographed by the autotype process and published in London in 1873.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

Compare an autotype of "Adam" in the Sistine with one of "Twilight" in S. Lorenzo: it is clear that in the former Michael Angelo painted what he would have been well pleased to carve.

From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington