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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Darkwing Manor, post: 599325, member: 738&quot;]I don&#039;t think that moreotherstuff&#039;s portrait is one, but this does skirt the topic of the &quot;charcoal enhanced&quot; photograph. After years of doubt, I found the answer to a curatorial question that plagued me for years.</p><p>When examining those numerous large, usually framed “parlour” portraits so common in museum collections, I noticed that many of them, although the details seemed photographic, also appeared to be sketched with charcoal. Sometimes the charcoal would even rub off. Here is the answer...they are Both! They are commonly referred to as solar enlargements. </p><p>The article link below explains them in greater detail. Please note, there is also mention made of the common tinting embellishments we see so often.</p><p><a href="http://resources.conservation-us.org/pmgtopics/2005-volume-eleven/11_14_Whitman.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://resources.conservation-us.org/pmgtopics/2005-volume-eleven/11_14_Whitman.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://resources.conservation-us.org/pmgtopics/2005-volume-eleven/11_14_Whitman.pdf</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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