anthotypen.
/ˈanθə(ʊ)tʌɪp/, U.S. /ˈænθəˌtaɪp/, /ˈænθoʊˌtaɪp/ Photography. Now historical.
A photographic process in which prints are obtained on paper treated with the juice of flowers; a print so obtained.
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anthotype1843
blacking up1866
spotting1867
squeegeeing1892
photofinishing1916
dropout1948
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1843 Lit. Gaz. 21 Jan. 38/2 The extension of photography due to the researches of Sir John Herschel [includes]..what Mr. Grove, to save circumlocution, called the anthotype, or photograph executed by bleaching infusions of the petals of flowers.
1858 D. A. Wells Princ. & Applic. Chem. xv. 400 (note) Thus we have the Chrysotype..; Cyanotype..; Anthotype, in which juices of the poppy, rose, etc., are employed, and many others.
1991 K. Frisch-Ripley Unlocking Secrets in Old Photographs v. 135 One such type of photography was the anthotype, made with the juices of flowers.
2009 Odessa (Texas) Amer. (Nexis) 13 Jan. All the photographs in the exhibit were made using historical and/or alternative processes including albumen.., Lazertran, anthotype, Ziatype, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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