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Etymology

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From Talbot +‎ type, after its inventor Henry Fox Talbot.

Noun

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talbotype (plural talbotypes)

  1. An early photograph produced on paper coated with silver iodide.
    • 1867, The Art Journal[1], volume 8:
      Talbotypes may become of the highest value to travelling artists; they will save him the trouble of making hasty and imperfect sketches, and they will prevent the vexation subsequently arising from the omission of some bit of detail []

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