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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 10008471, member: 8267"]Pondering this image some more.........</p><p><br /></p><p>The dress appears to be ca. late 1850s. </p><p><br /></p><p>It does appear to be a hand colored/enhanced photograph, and appears to be on paper rather than a daguerreotype or ambrotype. At that time period, the only photographic prints on paper would be albumen prints or a "salted paper" (or simply "salt") print. </p><p><br /></p><p>Distinguishing the two is not always easy. Albumen prints are typically on very thin paper which has been mounted on a heavier stock. The emulsion, made from beaten egg whites, produces a comparatively smooth surface, although in early albumen prints there may be a sort of craquelure effect.</p><p><br /></p><p>With salted paper prints the fibers of the paper remain visible, and rather than resting on the surface of an emulsion the image appears within the surface layer of the paper.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/saltprintsatharvard/identification-salt-prints-and-albumen-prints#:~:text=These%20salted%20paper%20prints%20exhibit,as%20coated%20salted%20paper%20prints" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/saltprintsatharvard/identification-salt-prints-and-albumen-prints#:~:text=These%20salted%20paper%20prints%20exhibit,as%20coated%20salted%20paper%20prints" rel="nofollow">https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/saltprintsatharvard/identification-salt-prints-and-albumen-prints#:~:text=These salted paper prints exhibit,as coated salted paper prints</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 10008471, member: 8267"]Pondering this image some more......... The dress appears to be ca. late 1850s. It does appear to be a hand colored/enhanced photograph, and appears to be on paper rather than a daguerreotype or ambrotype. At that time period, the only photographic prints on paper would be albumen prints or a "salted paper" (or simply "salt") print. Distinguishing the two is not always easy. Albumen prints are typically on very thin paper which has been mounted on a heavier stock. The emulsion, made from beaten egg whites, produces a comparatively smooth surface, although in early albumen prints there may be a sort of craquelure effect. With salted paper prints the fibers of the paper remain visible, and rather than resting on the surface of an emulsion the image appears within the surface layer of the paper. [URL]https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/saltprintsatharvard/identification-salt-prints-and-albumen-prints#:~:text=These%20salted%20paper%20prints%20exhibit,as%20coated%20salted%20paper%20prints[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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