Ambrotype

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:45:14

Am"bro*type (#), n. [Gr. immortal + -type.] Photog.

A picture taken on a place of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass.

 

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