Young Artist, circa 1870.
Medium: woodburytype lantern slide Notes: The process for creating a woodburytype lantern slide was similar to making a woodburytype print: the printer produced a gelatin matrix from a photographic negative, used a hydraulic press to create a lead mold of the gelatin matrix, filled the lead mold with pigmented gelatin and pressed it against a glass plate. This created a positive pigment image on the plate with a slight relief; the gelatin is thickest in the image’s shadows. Lantern slides were used for a wide range of purposes including educational lectures and entertainment. In addition to the woodburytype, a range of photographic processes were used to make slides including albumen, gelatin dry plate, carbon, and wet plate collodion. Although many considered woodburytype slides inferior to albumen and wet plate collodion slides, the process was used by commercial lantern slide manufacturers. Woodbury’s own printing company as well as John Carbutt’s American Photo-Relief Printing Company were two major commercial manufacturers. (source: Graphics Atlas).
Size: 3000px × 3555px
Location: United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Archive Farms. Inc / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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