Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An early type of photograph made by imaging a negative on glass backed by a dark surface.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In photography, a picture made by applying a dark backing to the face of a thin negative on glass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Photog.) A picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun an early type of
photograph in which aglass negative appearspositive when displayed on a black background
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Father suggested that we put a written notice in the business office, and that very afternoon Dr. Richards knocked at our door, saying the ambrotype was his.
Bad Hugh Mary Jane Holmes 1866
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Tell Miss Ella I was looking at her "ambrotype" last Sunday in church, my cousin admired it very much, indeed I am afraid he will fall in love with it which would certainly be quite unfortunate as she is engaged.
Augusta County: Clinton Hatcher to Mary Anna Sibert, May 29, 1861 Clinton Hatcher 1861
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The process flourished less than two decades before "ambrotype," the next of many successively faster and cheaper photographic processes, began to replace it.
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Your ambrotype stills keeps good, and as I gaze on it my heart is with you then again.
Letter from Young John Allen to his mother, Nancy Hutchins,October 7, 1867 2008
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In order to accomplish this he had copies of the ambrotype made into the popularcartes de visite and had them distributed in the north.
Children of the Battlefield de Brantigny........................ 2009
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In November 1863 Phylinda Humiston heard of the story and recognized the details of the ambrotype.
Children of the Battlefield de Brantigny........................ 2009
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Removing a small ambrotype from his pocket, he looked at the 3 children whom he would never see again and there died.
Children of the Battlefield de Brantigny........................ 2009
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In January 1864 Dr. Bourns traveled to Porterville to return the ambrotype to Phylinda.
Children of the Battlefield de Brantigny........................ 2009
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This hand-colored ambrotype of Olivia Langdon was probably made in 1867.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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This hand-colored ambrotype of Olivia Langdon was probably made in 1867.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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