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Rev. Thompson -- Vintage Albumen Photograph
by Unknown
- Used
- Very Good
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Unknown. Very Good. 1870. Photograph. Very Good. 1870. 1 pages; An original albumen photograph mounted on card; on verso "Rev. Thompson" signed in ink. No printed date, but given the subject's attire, c. 1870s. The albumen print, also called albumen silver print, was produced in January 1847 by Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard, and was the first commercially exploitable method of producing a photographic print on a paper base from a negative. It used the albumen found in egg whites to bind the photographic chemicals to the paper and became the dominant form of photographic positives from 1855, peaking in the 1860-90 period. . ; Americana and American History, 19th Century, Most Recent Listing .
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- Seller
- Antiquarian Book Shop
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 44996
- Title
- Rev. Thompson -- Vintage Albumen Photograph
- Author
- Unknown
- Format/Binding
- Photograph
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Unknown
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- Reverend Thompson, Albumen Photographs, 19th Century Photographs, Vintage Photographs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
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About the Seller
Antiquarian Book Shop
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Antiquarian Book Shop
At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books in Georgetown for more than 30 years. Over those many years we have taken great pleasure from satisfying our customers' eclectic literary requirements in the shop and hope to continue in that tradition now that we have moved our operation on-line.Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 4,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. Our stock comprises antiquarian books, collectible books and scholarly books, as well as a selection of antique prints and ephemera.The books listed here represent only a small portion of our total inventory. We are in the process of cataloguing the extensive holdings in our warehouse (15,000+ books) and hope to flesh out these pages over the months to come. Our new format allows us to expand & update our listings frequently. We have included images of many items listed to better convey their quality and condition.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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