Ambrotype

Definition:

• (n.) 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.

Compare ambrotype with other words:

ambrotype vs. daguerreotype

ambrotype vs. positive

ambrotype vs. negative

ambrotype vs. glass

ambrotype vs. photograph