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[[File:1981.173-C41415.jpg|thumb|Albumen print from calotype negative<br>MFA# 1981.173]]
 
== Description ==
 
== Description ==
 
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[[File:2001.291-SC20713.jpg|thumb|Salt print from calotype negative<br>MFA# 2001.291]]
An early photographic process for negative/positive images.  The calotype process was patented by William Henry Fox Talbot in 1841 in England.  It used a silver chloride emulsion coating on paper that was exposed to form a latent negative image that was developed with [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=gallic acid gallic acid] then fixed with [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=sodium hyposulfite sodium hyposulfite].  With contact printing, multiple positive images could be produced from each negative print.
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An early photographic process for negative/positive images.  The calotype process was patented by William Henry Fox Talbot in 1841 in England.  It used a silver chloride emulsion coating on paper that was exposed to form a latent negative image that was developed with [[gallic acid]] then fixed with [[sodium hyposulfite]].  With contact printing, multiple positive images could be produced from each negative print.
  
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
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Talbotype
 
Talbotype
  
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==Physical and Chemical Properties==
== Other Properties ==
 
  
 
Often the back of the negative was waxed prior to contact printing
 
Often the back of the negative was waxed prior to contact printing
  
== Authority ==
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==Resources and Citations==
  
 
* ''Encyclopedia Britannica'', http://www.britannica.com  Comment: "calotype"  [Accessed March 18, 2002]. ...invented by William Henry Fox Talbot of Great Britain in the 1830s. ......Talbot patented his process in 1841.
 
* ''Encyclopedia Britannica'', http://www.britannica.com  Comment: "calotype"  [Accessed March 18, 2002]. ...invented by William Henry Fox Talbot of Great Britain in the 1830s. ......Talbot patented his process in 1841.
  
* Website address 1, Website address 1  Comment: Preservation 101 -glossary of terms at www.nedcc.org/p101cs/terms.
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* Preservation 101 -glossary of terms at www.nedcc.org/p101cs/terms.
  
  
  
 
[[Category:Materials database]]
 
[[Category:Materials database]]

Latest revision as of 14:17, 18 May 2022

Albumen print from calotype negative
MFA# 1981.173

Description

Salt print from calotype negative
MFA# 2001.291

An early photographic process for negative/positive images. The calotype process was patented by William Henry Fox Talbot in 1841 in England. It used a silver chloride emulsion coating on paper that was exposed to form a latent negative image that was developed with Gallic acid then fixed with Sodium hyposulfite. With contact printing, multiple positive images could be produced from each negative print.

Synonyms and Related Terms

Talbotype

Physical and Chemical Properties

Often the back of the negative was waxed prior to contact printing

Resources and Citations

  • Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com Comment: "calotype" [Accessed March 18, 2002]. ...invented by William Henry Fox Talbot of Great Britain in the 1830s. ......Talbot patented his process in 1841.
  • Preservation 101 -glossary of terms at www.nedcc.org/p101cs/terms.