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Pre-photographic

Intaglio
Planographic
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Photomechanical

Collotype
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Offset Lithography
Photogravure
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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

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Matte albumen is a variation of the albumen printing process. Aesthetic trends throughout the mid to late 19th century shifted towards glossier surface sheens peaking with double coated albumen, glossy collodion POP, and gelatin POP. However, with the introduction and popularization of platinum papers some photographers desired a more matte surface. In 1895 matte albumen papers were introduced and were commercially produced until the late 1920s, primarily in Europe. Also commercially available during this time were the popular matte collodion papers and less common matte gelatin POP papers.

This image depicts the Fontana del Tritone sculpted by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1642-43 and located in the Piazza Barberini, Rome. The fountain was commissioned by Pope Urban VIII, a member of the prominent Barberini family and patron to the arts. The fountain depicts Triton as a merman siting upon a pedestal of four dolphins drinking from a conch shell. The Barberini bees, the Barberini family symbol, are seen on the dolphins’ tails.