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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 63147, member: 33&quot;]It appears that these are what are known as solar enlargements or crayon enlargements or crayon portraits. They were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th century. Here is a copyright 1886-1892 book on the subject:</p><p><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30248/30248-h/30248-h.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30248/30248-h/30248-h.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30248/30248-h/30248-h.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Basically as I understand it, an enlarged photo was made with with a special camera and then was enhanced with either charcoal, chalk, or paint.</p><p>Here is another article with a picture of that type of camera in the middle of the page: <a href="http://brightbytes.com/woodward.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://brightbytes.com/woodward.html" rel="nofollow">http://brightbytes.com/woodward.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Fig[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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