Photo-engraving, photo-etching, and photo-lithography in line and half-tone: also collotype and heliotype

Abstract

This work contains information on engraving, etching and lithography for photographs and details the chemical processes and printing involved.

Contents

Appliances for making photographic negatives -- The wet collodion process -- Apparatus for printing upon zinc -- Printing on zinc in albumen -- Printing on zinc in bitumen -- Direct transfers to zinc -- Etching line transfers -- Retrospective -- Making grained negatives -- Etching in half-tone -- Printing from the block -- The transfer of the drawing, and its treatment before etching -- Hints from all sources -- Subject in line -- Half-tone intaglios -- Half-tone intaglios (continued) -- Half-tone intaglios. Electrotyping methods -- Photo-lithography in line -- Paper transfers -- Paper transfers (continued) -- Toovey's negative transfer process -- Photo-litho transfers -- Photo-lithography in half-tone -- Link photos -- Husband's papyrotint process -- Half-tone photographic negatives -- The heliotype process -- The collotype process -- Printing from the collotype plate -- The new home printing process.