Meanings
plural talbotypes
- An early photograph produced on paper coated with silver iodide.
Talbotypes may become of the highest value to travelling artists; they will save him the trouble of making hasty and imperfect sketches, and they will prevent the vexation subsequently arising from the omission of some bit of detail[…]
1867, The Art Journal, volume 8Synonyms: calotype
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn early photograph produced on paper coated with silver iodide.
Origin
From Talbot + type, after its inventor Henry Fox Talbot.
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