The Art and Practice of Silver Printing

The Art and Practice of Silver Printing

William de Wiveleslie Abney, English astronomer, chemist, and photographer (1843 – 1920)


This ebook presents «The Art and Practice of Silver Printing», from William de Wiveleslie Abney. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Preface

- Theory Of Silver Printing

- Preparation Of Albumenized Paper

- The Sensitizing Bath For Albumenized Paper

- How To Keep The Sensitizing Bath In Order

- Applying The Silvering Solution To The Albumenized Paper

- Washed Sensitive Paper

- Cutting Paper

- Printing-frames

- Preparing A Landscape Negative For Printing

- Printing The Landscape Picture

- Preparing The Portrait Negative

- Vignetting

- Artistic Methods Of Printing The Portrait

- Combination Printing

- Toning The Print

- Fixing The Print

- Washing The Print

- Printing On Plain Paper

- Printing On Resinized Paper

- Printing On Gelatino-chloride Emulsion Paper

- Drying The Prints

- Mounting Photographs

- Defects In Prints

- Encaustic Paste

- Enamelling Prints

- Cameo Prints

- Appendix