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IVORYTYPE

IVORYTYPE I "vo *ry *type `, n. (photog. )

 

Defn: A picture produced by superposing a very light print, rendered translucent by varnish, and tinted upon the back, upon a stronger print, so as to give the effect of a photograph in natural colors; -- called also hellenotype. Knight.

 

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