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Photogenic drawing

Scope note

Use for Talbot's process in which paper negatives were produced by printing out a silver image. Distinguished from "calotype," in which the image is developed. In the mid-19th century, sometimes used as a synonym of photography.

This term has 181 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

3000133340

Broader Terms used

salted paper processes

Term used for

drawing, photogenic

Equivalent Terms used

photogenic drawings

Created

12yrs ago

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