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ambrotype|ˈæmbrətaɪp|
[? f. Gr. ἄµβροτος immortal (? imperishable), or perh. amber, + type.]
The name given in U.S. to a photograph on glass, in which the lights are produced by the silver, and the shades by a dark background showing through.
1855N. & Q. 7 Apr. 270 Ambrotype Likenesses.—The Boston Atlas states that a most valuable improvement in the art of producing likenesses has been recently introduced. 1858O. W. Holmes Aut. Breakf. xi. 103 Willis touched this last point in one of his earlier ambrotypes. 1882Cent. Mag. Oct. 852 An ambrotype taken at Springfield, Illinois, in 1860. |