hyalotypes (albumen prints)
- Scope note
- Positive albumen prints upon glass widely used to create lantern slides and sometimes larger glass transparencies hung in windows for decoration; produced by a patented process called Hyalotype, developed and promoted by the Lingenheim brothers of Philadelphia from 1850. Distinguished from "crystalotypes" on paper produced by a similar process patented by J. A. Whipple of Boston.
- Date of creation: 25-Nov-2024
Accepted term: 25-Nov-2024