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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 10309104, member: 33&quot;]Graphics Atlas is an excellent site for differentiating photographic technologies, but you do have to spend some time with it in order to tell. They go into a great deal of detail regarding the surface, even under magnification. I notice that both salt paper prints and albumen prints can have a surface sheen, but albumen is more glossy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recall from your previous posts that you have purchased old photos before. So you could also compare the surface of this one to those.</p><p><br /></p><p>Others have already pointed out that his breeches are of an older type. So I think the options are, is this truly a print older than the 1860s, or is it a print made from an older image? Whichever it is, I think it&#039;s still old, not a very modern image. (Some current photographers still use the older methods.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Main link to Graphics Atlas <a href="http://www.graphicsatlas.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.graphicsatlas.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.graphicsatlas.org/</a></p><p>You can go to the Identification tab to pick different methods to compare.</p><p><br /></p><p>Overview page for Salted Paper:</p><p><a href="http://www.graphicsatlas.org/identification/?process_id=269#overview" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.graphicsatlas.org/identification/?process_id=269#overview" rel="nofollow">http://www.graphicsatlas.org/identification/?process_id=269#overview</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Overview page for Albumen:</p><p><a href="http://www.graphicsatlas.org/identification/?process_id=143" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.graphicsatlas.org/identification/?process_id=143" rel="nofollow">http://www.graphicsatlas.org/identification/?process_id=143</a></p><p><br /></p><p>You can go to the Surface View tabs for those to see more detail and advice on how to tell from looking closely at the surface of the print.</p><p><br /></p><p>If that site doesn&#039;t fully satisfy you, you might see if you can find an expert archivist or collector or photo historian near you, to show them in person. If I remember correctly, you live somewhere in the U.K., don&#039;t you?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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