Keywords: nun portrait wet plate collodion wetplatecollodion negative glass convent public domain publicdomain wet plate collodion negative wetplatecollodionnegative people outdoor photo border monochrome One of five superb wet plate collodion portraits of nuns found within a larger batch of dry plate negatives. In this one you can see how a make-shift studio has been created up against an outdoor wall, complete with curtain, carpet and small table. Dating these is tricky as teh fashions don't exactly help, but aside from tintypes the wet plate colldion process had largely vanished by about 1890 so there is a strong sense these are likely to be no later than that. One of five superb wet plate collodion portraits of nuns found within a larger batch of dry plate negatives. In this one you can see how a make-shift studio has been created up against an outdoor wall, complete with curtain, carpet and small table. Dating these is tricky as teh fashions don't exactly help, but aside from tintypes the wet plate colldion process had largely vanished by about 1890 so there is a strong sense these are likely to be no later than that. |