collotype

American  

[kol-uh-tahyp] / ˈkɒl əˌtaɪp /

noun

1. any photomechanical process of printing from a plate coated with gelatin.

2. the plate used for this.

3. a print made from such a plate.

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verb (used with object)

collotyped, collotyping

1. to produce (a print) by collotype; albertype; artotype; heliotype.

collotype British  

/ ˌkɒləˈtɪpɪk, ˈkɒləʊˌtaɪp /

noun

1. Also called: photogelatine process.  a method of lithographic printing from a flat surface of hardened gelatine: used mainly for fine-detail reproduction in monochrome or colour

2. a print made using this process

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• collotypy
  noun
• collotypic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of collotype

1880–85; < Greek kóll ( a ) glue + -o- + -type

Example Sentences

The landscape photographers of America are included as well, with representative photographs by Carleton Watkins, and Eadweard Muybridge, a photographer of animals in motion, represented by a collotype formerly in the Corcoran Collection.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2015

Even the far more costly and time-consuming method of collotype, which offers near-perfect color veracity, does not capture the raised daubs and whorls of the artist's brush.

From Time Magazine Archive

Into his book he has put high sensibility, a lifetime of scholarship, and an exquisite selection of 261 collotype reproductions of important drawings.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Cambridge manuscript of John Milton: Lycidas and some of the other poems reproduced from the collotype facsimile.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1961 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

But this brilliant surface is only brought about by excessive care and cleanliness in its preparation—indeed, it needs almost as much attention as the making of a collotype plate.

From Japan A Record in Colour by Menpes, Dorothy