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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Ivorytype

· I·vo·ry·type · IPA
01 n. A picture produced by superposing a very light print, rendered translucent by varnish, and tinted upon the back, upon a stronger print, so …
  1. 1.
    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.(Photog.) Also: hellenotype