calotype
[kal-uh-tahyp]
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noun
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
Also called Talbotype.
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The notion of a "national reward" for the Calotype scarcely requires a remark.
The Calotype process, by which the images of the camera can be fixed upon paper, was invented by Mr. Talbot, in 1840.
Great FactsFrederick C. Bakewell
At its base sat a beggar; while an artist, at a little distance, was sketching it with the calotype.
Pilgrimage from the Alps to the TiberJames Aitken Wylie
Calotype, a process of photography invented by Fox Talbot in 1840, by means of the action of light on nitrate of silver.
The Nuttall EncyclopaediaEdited by Rev. James Wood
Three hours in the calotype and waxed-paper process, and half-an-hour sufficed for the collodion process!!
The Evolution of PhotographyJohn Werge
calotype
noun
Word Origin for calotype
C19: from Greek kalos beautiful + -type
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