This beautiful ambrotype photograph arrived in the #StateLibrarySA’s collection with significant damage to the ornate metal frame and missing its protective leather case.
It was taken to the Preservation Studio for conservation treatment, which included carefully disassembling the metal frame and cleaning the Ambrotype glass surface. Once this process was completed, a new mount was constructed using acid-free materials to support the remaining metal frame and fragile glass image. Whilst in the studio it was digitised so that a copy can be handled as an alternative to the original.
#ambrotype photography, which followed the #tintype and #daguerreutype, involved creating a direct positive on a plate of glass. Like printed photos of today, they are viewed with reflected light.
The library holds quite a few examples of ambrotype photographs in the collection, check them out here: collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/find/ambrotype
This photograph captures a portrait of Elizabeth Montgomery taken in 1850. It forms part of the Nettelback Family Collection.
#conservation #preservation #CaringForCollections #libraries #archives #slsa #StateLibrarySA #photography #history
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