The Art and Practice of Silver Printing

A practical manual explaining the chemistry and workshop techniques of silver photographic printing, beginning with illustrative experiments on light-sensitive silver compounds and the effect of albumen and sizing. It gives step-by-step procedures for preparing albumenized paper, mixing and maintaining sensitizing baths, silvering and washing paper, cutting and framing, and printing from landscape and portrait negatives, including vignetting and combination printing, followed by toning, fixing, thorough washing, drying, and mounting. Later sections cover printing on plain, resinized, and gelatino-chloride papers, common defects and their remedies, and finishing methods such as encaustic paste, enamelling, and cameo prints, with practical formulas and an appendix.