: a positive picture made of a photographic negative on glass backed by a dark surface
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Recent Examples on the WebDavis, who would not comment when reached by The Associated Press, alleges in court papers that his ex-wife stole the ambrotype and sold it to Spolar. David Bauder, Star Tribune, 1 Oct. 2020 This facial tattoo, applied with cactus ink, is just discernible in the exhibition ambrotype, which is among the National Portrait Gallery’s most recent acquisitions. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 9 July 2019 Martin participated in the Cleveland Foundation's Creative Fusion trip to Cuba in January and created wet-plate tintypes and ambrotypes - both related to the collodion process - in Havana and Matanzas. Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 21 June 2017 An ambrotype is a photograph created on a glass plate that has been coated and sensitized in a chemical bath. Pete Brook, WIRED, 23 May 2014