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Ambrotype "Seated Woman" by Eugène ADAM
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Ambrotype portrait of a seated woman wearing gold-plated jewelry (earrings, ring and necklace)
In a Napoleon III blackened wood frame with a floral motif
On the back is a label from Eug ADAM, based in Colmar.
A company founded in 1840 and awarded numerous times for various photographic processes.
Patented in 1854 by James Ambrose Cutting, an ambrotype is a negative on a glass plate, which, when viewed in transparency, becomes a positive when placed in front of a black background.
The ambrotype was commonly used from 1854 until the 1870s. Less expensive and requiring a much faster exposure time than the daguerreotype, it was widely used by portrait photographers. To obtain the negative of this unique image, a previously cleaned glass plate was coated with a layer of collodion. After drying, a transparent varnish was applied, sometimes with touches of color. Presented on a background of fabric or black paper, it was delivered in a union case or frame, as with daguerreotypes, which often leads to confusion in identifying these two processes.