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Ruby Ambrotypes
Posted by admin on December 30th, 2007 filed in 03 - Ambrotype
Some people have asked me what a ‘ruby’ ambrotype is. A typical ambrotype is basically a glass negative, often intensified to make the silvered image area (negative, hence light areas) brighter. The back is then painted black, or else a black cloth or piece of cardboard is placed in the frame behind the negative. In […]
Read More..>>Observing Preservers
Posted by admin on July 27th, 2007 filed in 1850s, 1860s, 1840s, 04 - Tintype, 03 - Ambrotype, 01 - Daguerreotype
Preservers. Not exactly Life Preservers, but in a sense serving the same purpose. In case mounted images, such as daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and early tintypes, the preserver was a thin brass (or more specifically, ‘pinchbeck’) element, folded around the edges of the image, cover-mat, and glass cover.
How would such a contrivance ‘preserve’ the image? Well, when […]