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Pre-photographic

Intaglio

Planographic

Relief

Photomechanical

Collotype

Letterpress

Offset Lithography

Offset Lithograph (Halftone Postcard)

Photogravure

Rotogravure

Woodburytype

Photographic

Albumen

Ambrotype

Bromoil

Bromoil

Bromoil Transfer

Carbon

Carbro

Chromogenic

Collodion POP

Cyanotype

Daguerreotype

Direct Carbon (Fresson)

Dye Imbibition

Gelatin Dry Plate

Gelatin POP

Gum Dichromate

Instant (Diffusion Transfer)

Instant (Dye Diffusion Transfer)

Instant (Internal Dye Diffusion Transfer)

Matte Collodion

Platinum

Salted Paper

Screen Plate

Silver Dye Bleach

Silver Gelatin DOP

Tintype

Wet Plate Collodion

Digital

Electrophotography

Inkjet

Thermal

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Notes on this view:

Salted paper cartes de visite are rare objects, as CDVs were typically albumen prints. A distinctive feature of this object is the thin mount made from high quality paper, which is usually an indication of a CDV made in the late 1850s. Mounts made later than this are thicker and usually composed of good quality paper on the front and back, with a core of poor quality paper in the middle.

Although the above features help to identify the time period in which this CDV was created, other clues about the object may indicate that it was actually made at a later time. The most important of these clues are the image size and the use of hand-applied color on a salted paper CDV, which would suggest that the object was created circa 1867. Lastly, the sitter's clothing and hairstyle (1860s) further helps to identify the age of the print.