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Notes on this view:

Notice the soft image quality, warm image tone, matte surface and long tonal range of this photograph. These are typical characteristics of platinum prints, however, this is a silver gelatin print. At the turn of the twentieth century there were many printing papers available on the market, including platinum papers and a variety of silver gelatin DOP papers. Platinum printing was a more expensive process, while silver gelatin printing was less expensive. In addition, manufacturers had the capability of producing silver gelatin papers with a variety of surface sheens and textures.

This print is likely on a Platino-bromide or similar paper, which purposely mimicked the qualities of platinum papers. Platino-bromide papers were first marketed in the mid 1890s.