An "albumin print" is a positive photographic print produced from a glass negative on paper coated with egg whites and sensitized with silver nitrate. After contact exposure of the negative the latent image is developed in pyrogallic acid. The albumin print was invented by L.-D. Blanquart-Evrard and was introduced in 1850. Albumin prints are found mounted on CDV's, Cabinet Cards, Stereoviews and other cardboard mounts as well as in albums and "tipped" into books. Examples can be found in size from 1"x1" to 20"x24".
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