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Pre-photographic

Intaglio
Planographic
Relief

Photomechanical

Collotype
Letterpress
Offset Lithography
Photogravure
Rotogravure
Woodburytype

Photographic

Albumen
Ambrotype
Bromoil
Bromoil Transfer
Carbon
Carbro
Chromogenic
Collodion POP
Cyanotype
Daguerreotype
Direct Carbon (Fresson)
Dye Imbibition
Gelatin Dry Plate
Gelatin POP
Gum Dichromate
Instant (Diffusion Transfer)
Instant (Dye Diffusion Transfer)
Instant (Internal Dye Diffusion Transfer)
Matte Collodion
Platinum
Salted Paper
Screen Plate
Silver Dye Bleach
Silver Gelatin DOP
Tintype
Wet Plate Collodion

Digital

Electrophotography
Inkjet
Thermal

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Notes on this view:

This commercial studio portrait is commonly known as a carte-de-visite (CDV) and is of a later variety presenting the sitter's head and shoulders rather than the full-figure. It consists of an albumen print mounted to a thick paper card originally 2 ½ x 4-inches which has been irregularly trimmed or cut at the edges. A pink tint added to the albumen layer is visible; this technique introduced in the 1860s was thought to enhance the image and was popular in pink, yellow and blue tints. The tinting dyes used were unstable and generally faded quickly. However, the dye is still clearly visible in this sample, which could be attributed to the fact that it had been stored in a carte-de-visite album.