calotype
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.
a print made by this process.
Origin of calotype
1- Also called Talbotype.
Words Nearby calotype
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How to use calotype in a sentence
Why not adopt and abide by the simplicity of the calotype process as given in a late Number?
What price would some early edition of his works bear, 184 with his likeness in calotype fronting the title?
Leading Articles on Various Subjects | Hugh MillerCuriously enough, though for very obvious reasons, the Daguerreotype seems to favour one method, the calotype the other.
Three hours in the calotype and waxed-paper process, and half-an-hour sufficed for the collodion process!!
The Evolution of Photography | John WergeThe notion of a "national reward" for the calotype scarcely requires a remark.
British Dictionary definitions for calotype
/ (ˈkæləʊˌtaɪp) /
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
a photograph made by this process
Origin of calotype
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