Title(s)

Proces van het ontwikkelen van vermoedelijk een kooldruk gedemonstreerd door drie mannen
Autotype Printing - The development (title on object)

Object type

• photomechanical print
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-447-2

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘I. Mounting (use of the Squeegee). 2. Developing Prints. 3. Fixing in Alum Solution. A. Cold Water Tray, No. I. B. Blotting Boards. C. Mounting Dish and Stool. D. Developing Tank. E. Cold Water Tray No. 2. F. Alum Bath G. Cold Water Tray No. 3. H. “Hero” Stove. J. Johnson's Actinometers. R. Burton's Actinometers. S. Sawyer's Actinometers. T. Pressure Frames. P. Autotype Pressure Boxes. V. Packets of Cut Tissues. W. Waxing Compound. X. Collodion.’

Artist

• anonymous
• print maker: Sawyer (mentioned on object)
• printer: The Autotype Company (mentioned on object)

Dating

c. 1885 - in or before 1895

Material

• paper

Technique

collotype

Measurements

height 107 mm × width 175 mm

What

• developing ~ film

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• The A.B.C. guide to the making of autotype prints in permanent pigments (RP-F-2001-7-447)

• Handboek herkennen fotografische en fotomechanische procedés, Jan van Dijk, p. 156, afb. 11.7