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Dusting-on process

Scope note

Photographic process in which the image is formed by dusting a pigment onto a surface of bichromated colloid that has been exposed through a transparency. Areas exposed to light lose their tackiness and hold less pigment. Generally for prints on glass or ceramic, where the pigment is fired as a glaze.

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Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

3000133492

Broader Terms used

bichromate processes

Narrower Terms used

ceramic process

Term used for

dusting-on
powder process

Created

13yrs ago

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