Chapter 1Early Experiments with Gold and the Chrysotype Invented and Reinvented
Figure 1.1 Specimens of Chrysotype or Aurophotography, 193 mm x 249 mm chrysotype prints from engravings, courtesy of the Library of the Royal Society, London. Sir John Herschel, 1842.
Figure 1.2 Ossuary, Noto Antica, Sicily. 8″ x 10″ chrysotype print. © Mike Ware, 1987
We are more familiar with the use of gold in photography as a toning agent to protect silver images and to darken their colour. Its role as a toner was first suggested in 1840, one year after the ...
