[pure-silver] Re: Can you identify the technique?
- From: Snoopy <snoopy@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 18:25:40 +0200
Salut Philippe,
your attachment did not make it, please e-mail a link...
Love
Snoopy
At 18:25 22.05.2005, you wrote:
>Hello
>
>This is my first contribution to this list and I hope that I'm on topic.
>The lovely lady in the attached picture (can you actually attach pictures
>here? If not I'll send a link) is my great grandmother, who died in 1898
>aged 30. She looks much younger on this picture, which therefore probably
>dates back to the late 1880's or early 1890's. The print looks slightly
>cropped (less than half an inch on each side) from a 4x5 plate. The focus
>is soft, yet some beautiful details show up, especially in the eyes, which
>the scan cannot reproduce. The actual print is also less greenish than the
>scan. The contrast is also very hard to convey effectively, but is rather=
low.
>
>OK, now the question is: how was this print made? Here are some hints for
>you experts.
>
>1. The surface is absolutely matte. Some minor scratches reveal some gloss,
>however. The paper is rather thin, but extremely dense and rigid.
>2. This is no way the scan can show this, but there are some thin crack in
>the emulsion. This could suggest, I read, an albumen print, but these
>prints usually had a lot more contrast, I understand.
>3. There is some subtle yellowing in the upper left corner of the print.
>4. There seems to be undiluted lumps of something in the emulsion - check
>the spots near the nose and behind the head.
>5. Even though it doesn't show in the scan, there are some tiny pinholes
>(bubbles?) in the emulsion in somes places. It could suggest that the thing
>was hand mixed and hand applied on paper, but you see absolutely no other
>evidence for this (brush streaks ot whatever).
>6. My great grandmother was actually from a family of poor Qu=E9b=E9cois
>migrants in New England (Franco Americans) and it is unlikely that fancy
>and expensive techniques (platinum paper...) were used to make this print.
>
>Overall, it's a beautiful, soft and delicate portrait that is extremely
>well preserved. As I use some alternative techniques (mostly cyanotype and
>Vandyke, but also gumprints) and use some era equipement, your answers are
>of great interest to me.
>
>Philippe Gauthier
>Montr=E9al, QC
>
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