Albumen prints


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The definitive medium of the 19th century. Utilizing egg whites to create a glossy surface for silver salts, the albumen print brought a new level of sharpness and detail to the Victorian world, defining the era of the grand travel album and the celebrity portrait.

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Introduction
1	Albumen prints
2	Painted albumen prints
3	Books illustrated with albumen prints
History and development
4	The Albumen Print
5	Blanquart-Evard: Photographic Investigations (1849)
6	The wet plate collodion process
7	The manufacture of albumen paper
Themes
8	Albumen prints: Portraits
9	Albumen prints: Celebrities
10	Albumen prints: Ethnic and traditional costumes
11	Albumen prints: Occupationals
12	Albumen prints: Multiple exposures
13	Albumen prints: Advertising
14	Albumen prints: Architecture
15	Albumen prints: Events
16	Albumen prints: Still life
17	Albumen prints: Objects
18	Albumen prints: Transportation
19	Albumen prints: Places
20	Albumen prints: Landscapes
21	Albumen prints: Panoramas
22	Albumen prints: Scientific
23	Albumen prints: Experimental and manipulated photography
24	Albumen prints: Photomontage
25	Albumen prints: War
Photographers
26	Baron Raimund von Stillfried: Portraits from China
27	Ferdinand Küss: Still lives
28	George N. Barnard: Panoramas (1864)

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