Chrysotype

Introduction

Figure I.1 Sigyn III. 10″ x 8″ chrysotype print. © Esme Ann Everingham, 2013.

Figure I.2 Peacock at Montsalvat. Chrysotype print on Bergger COT 320, developing agent: citric acid. © Wendy Currie, 2013.

In pursuit of creating images in colour, Sir John Herschel’s experiments with iron and gold led to the invention of the chrysotype process in 1842. Chrysotype would form one of several iron-based print-out processes, including platinotype and cyanotype, collectively known as siderotypes. Herschel found that coating paper with ...