Tintype of the nineteenth century Tintype German memory of the stay of marriage in the spa town of Wiesbaden-Neroberg. No case, because it takes plastic hanger. Second half of the nineteenth century. overall dimensions: 10 x 11.8 cm. Plate Dimensions: 6'7 X 9 cm. The mat external gold is later.
tintype German, I remember the stay of a couple in the spa town of Wiesbaden-Neroberg
But ... exactly, What is a tintype is a system of direct positive on a sheet of metal, developed in France in 1853 ? that was using commercially up to 1,920 . It was invented by the French Adolphe Alexander Martin and patented in England by Kloen and Hamilton Smith in the United States in 1856.
This process is a variation of the positive collodion and closely resembles the ambrotype, although it is cheaper the same as in the case of the daguerreotype. image was exposed on a metal plate & nbsp , (in this case iron) which had previously been blackened by Japanese lacquer or coffee and which had been added a layer sensitive material ( . silver nitrate and collodion) Although the resulting image was a negative, thanks to the black plate was just watching as a positive
However the ferrotypes, unlike ambrotypes rarely were mounted on leather cases, in most cases were placed in frames simple cardboard or albums trimmed windows the tintype. is mainly used by itinerant photographers and enjoyed great popularity in photography at the minute, especially in the United States
As a curiosity, you can see how the American photographer Bob Shimmin held today in ferrotypes day (tintypes English), in this video you can see the process from the decision to dryness photography .
As you can see ferrotypes have flat images that predominantly greyish tones and low contrast, often the ferrotypes were varnished to protect them and provide them with glitter. One of the most famous ferrotypes of history is the made Billy" El Niño" , which is listed as the sixth most expensive photograph in history
Tintype Billy" The Kid"
the tintype our collection shows. image memory of a marriage in the spa town of Wiesbaden-Neroberg , which at the end of the nineteenth century was the spa town of fashion's popularity city was such that the 2,000 inhabitants who had to 1800 went to exceed 30,000 in 1867 and 100,000 in 1925.
our tintype, in a cardboard washer, is only a memory of the nineteenth century, nothing more and nothing less than a genuine personalization as those found today in our catalog products .