A long time ago, I was given some really old pics. All of them prints
and negs from the early '20s and some even older. But one in
particular was different from all the rest. It caught my eye because
it was so unique. It's just a bit bigger than a wallet size, but it
isn't a print. The image is on glass! Framing the glass is what
looks like fancy gold tin foil. The image is of a lady in a big hat
wearing a beautiful dress right out of the 1900's. It's in good
condition and the image of the lady is very sharp. I put it away to
keep it safe years ago. The problem is I can't remember where I put
it!
Would you know what kind of process they used to put an image on
glass? Just curious.
Thanks Ken,
Helen
On Jul 13, 10:58 am, helensilverb...@hotmail.com wrote:
> A long time ago, I was given some really old pics. All of them prints
> and negs from the early '20s and some even older. But one in
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> Thanks Ken,
> Helen
I hope Ken doesn't mind my two cents here. The image you have is a
collodion process. Either from a wet plate or dry plate. It is the way
images were taken from the very start of photography. Here is one of
many web sites dedicated to this historic process.
www.collodion-artist.com
www.robertszabo.com
It is still amazing to me to see that people are still working in a
field with equipment that was designed two centries ago and getting
wonderful results.
Draco
Getting even isn't good enough.
Doing better does.
helensilverburg@hotmail.com - 13 Jul 2007 19:48 GMT
> On Jul 13, 10:58 am, helensilverb...@hotmail.com wrote:
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> Doing better does.
Thanks Draco!