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ambrotype

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ambrotype [′am·brə‚tīp]
(graphic arts)
An obsolete method of photography in which a negative is formed in a collodion emulsion on glass; when backed with black velvet or black varnish, the collodion surface reflects positive highlights and the resulting effect is that of a positive.
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An ambrotype is the positive version of a negative," he explained.
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2) While this reading is both socialized and pervasive, the history of photography shows significant counterexamples including very physical daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes, stereographs.
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By the mid 1850s these had been superseded by the ambrotype - images on glass with a black, painted back.
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