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    Posted 8 years ago

    ho2cultcha
    (5040 items)

    I'm not sure who these two boys are, but they are ancestors on my father's side. The intaglio writing in the lower corner states: Whites Keene N.H. Is this an ambrotype?

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    1. jscott0363 jscott0363, 8 years ago
      What a great photo! So, about how old would this be? Just curious.
    2. scottvez scottvez, 8 years ago
      Not an ambrotype.

      An ambrotype is an image on glass-- usually found in a small wood or thermoplastic case with copper frame and matting.

      Your image is a late cabinet card. I would think it dates from the 1890s.

      scott
    3. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 8 years ago
      thank you Scott! it's the late 1880s, i'm pretty sure.
    4. scottvez scottvez, 8 years ago
      Glad to help.

      The style of mount is much more typical of the 1890s and slightly past the turn of the century.

      scott
    5. kyratango kyratango, 8 years ago
      Lovely Subject, the kids are so cute :-D
    6. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 8 years ago
      you would know better than i Scott, so i'll defer to you. thanks kyratango!
    7. scottvez scottvez, 8 years ago
      Here is an example of the matting you will usually find around an ambrotype:

      http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/95163-ambrotype-of-early-american-colonist

      Outside of the brass matting and keeper-- it will appear as a sheet of glass. The glass plate is back with black material (or made on ruby colored glass), which makes the image show. Because the glass plate is somewhat fragile-- they are most often found in cases.

      scott
    8. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 8 years ago
      one of my earliest memories is watching my pepere tossing boxes of these big glass plate photos into a garbage can. i thought the were daguerrotypes, but i guess they could have been ambrotypes as well.
    9. scottvez scottvez, 8 years ago
      Three types of photos were typically housed in the cases: daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes. Dags have a silver/ heavily mirrored surface and really stand out from the other two. The appearance of ambrotypes and tintypes are very similar. Ambrotypes are on glass and tintypes are on a sheet of iron. Often ambrotypes and tintypes have to be taken out of the case to make a determination.

      scott
    10. scottvez scottvez, 8 years ago
      Oh-- sad about the garbage dump of the images. I hear stories like that all too often. Years ago, the old photos were looked at as garbage by many people-- it is only my knowledge of CURRENT desirability and values that makes me cringe when I hear those stories!

      scott

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