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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 4414685, member: 33"]Another name for solar enlargement was "crayon portrait." They were not always done in what we would call crayon now, but that was the name. You often see them in antique shops, etc. Basically, a photo (or negative) was projected with a special enlarger onto paper, and printed (and I don't remember the technicalities of how that worked). It resulted in a very light image that was then embellished with charcoal drawing, or pastel, or paint. It was a very popular thing from around the mid-19th century until about 1930-1940 or so. </p><p><br /></p><p>They've been discussed here on the Antiquers site several times. Here are some links to information from other sites. I also saw some sites calling them crayon enlargements.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.truthinphotography.org/crayon-portraits.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.truthinphotography.org/crayon-portraits.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.truthinphotography.org/crayon-portraits.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://sgarwood.com/node/52#:~:text=The%20crayon%20portrait%20was%20popular,emulsion%20producing%20a%20faint%20image" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sgarwood.com/node/52#:~:text=The%20crayon%20portrait%20was%20popular,emulsion%20producing%20a%20faint%20image" rel="nofollow">https://sgarwood.com/node/52#:~:text=The crayon portrait was popular,emulsion producing a faint image</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one will open a pdf article: <a href="http://resources.culturalheritage.org/pmgtopics/1989-volume-three/03_05_Albright.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://resources.culturalheritage.org/pmgtopics/1989-volume-three/03_05_Albright.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://resources.culturalheritage.org/pmgtopics/1989-volume-three/03_05_Albright.pdf</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 4414685, member: 33"]Another name for solar enlargement was "crayon portrait." They were not always done in what we would call crayon now, but that was the name. You often see them in antique shops, etc. Basically, a photo (or negative) was projected with a special enlarger onto paper, and printed (and I don't remember the technicalities of how that worked). It resulted in a very light image that was then embellished with charcoal drawing, or pastel, or paint. It was a very popular thing from around the mid-19th century until about 1930-1940 or so. They've been discussed here on the Antiquers site several times. Here are some links to information from other sites. I also saw some sites calling them crayon enlargements. [URL]https://www.truthinphotography.org/crayon-portraits.html[/URL] [URL]https://sgarwood.com/node/52#:~:text=The%20crayon%20portrait%20was%20popular,emulsion%20producing%20a%20faint%20image[/URL]. This one will open a pdf article: [URL]http://resources.culturalheritage.org/pmgtopics/1989-volume-three/03_05_Albright.pdf[/URL][/QUOTE]
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