Ninth-Plate Ambrotype
Vintage Ambrotype
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Ninth-Plate Ambrotype (1855 - 1865), 19th century portrait, 2 x 2.5. Developed in 1851 by Frederick Scott Archer, ambrotype, or amphitype, hails from the Greek words "immortal" and "impression." These images were impressed on glass through a variant of the wet plate collodion process. They required shorter exposure times than daguerreotypes and were more affordable to manufacture, two factors which contributed to their rise in popularity before the advent of the Carte-de-visite in the early 1860s.
Featured within a case boasting velvet lining and an embellished gold frame is a distinguished bust-length portrait of a bearded gentleman, clad in a traditional period suit and enhanced with pink-tinted cheeks.
In very good condition, with some surface marks and discoloration to the image.
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Vintage cabinet card photograph of the late nineteenth century
Vintage cabinet card photograph of the late nineteenth century
Vintage cabinet card photograph of the late nineteenth century
Vintage cabinet card photograph of the late nineteenth century
Vintage cabinet card photograph of the late nineteenth century
Vintage cabinet card photograph of the late nineteenth century
Vintage cabinet card photograph of the late nineteenth century
Vintage cabinet card photograph of the late nineteenth century
Vintage cabinet card photograph of the late nineteenth century