ambrotype
noun
am·bro·type
ˈam-brə-ˌtīp 
: a positive picture made of a photographic negative on glass backed by a dark surface
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During our tour of the collection, Harvey singles out her favorite: a lapel pin with an ambrotype of a young, goateed Black man in a suit.
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Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2023
Davis, who would not comment when reached by The Associated Press, alleges in court papers that his ex-wife stole the ambrotype and sold it to Spolar.
—David Bauder, Star Tribune, 1 Oct. 2020
This facial tattoo, applied with cactus ink, is just discernible in the exhibition ambrotype, which is among the National Portrait Gallery’s most recent acquisitions.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 9 July 2019
Martin participated in the Cleveland Foundation's Creative Fusion trip to Cuba in January and created wet-plate tintypes and ambrotypes - both related to the collodion process - in Havana and Matanzas.
—Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 21 June 2017
An ambrotype is a photograph created on a glass plate that has been coated and sensitized in a chemical bath.
—Pete Brook, WIRED, 23 May 2014
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Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2023
Davis, who would not comment when reached by The Associated Press, alleges in court papers that his ex-wife stole the ambrotype and sold it to Spolar.
—David Bauder, Star Tribune, 1 Oct. 2020
This facial tattoo, applied with cactus ink, is just discernible in the exhibition ambrotype, which is among the National Portrait Gallery’s most recent acquisitions.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 9 July 2019
Martin participated in the Cleveland Foundation's Creative Fusion trip to Cuba in January and created wet-plate tintypes and ambrotypes - both related to the collodion process - in Havana and Matanzas.
—Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 21 June 2017
An ambrotype is a photograph created on a glass plate that has been coated and sensitized in a chemical bath.
—Pete Brook, WIRED, 23 May 2014
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“Ambrotype.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ambrotype. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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