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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 127529, member: 33"]I'm finding some sources that indicate that the printing on mica was mostly done during the 1850s. (Although some more modern photographers have probably done it, too.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Encyclopedia from 2013:</p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=g4Wx9yKrDS0C&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=ambrotype+on+mica&source=bl&ots=QquVujVtsk&sig=29opsxyg8OBBEKBAVVGfOj4ZgbY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilkte-uMXLAhXssIMKHRrjBg04ChDoAQgqMAI#v=onepage&q=ambrotype%20on%20mica&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=g4Wx9yKrDS0C&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=ambrotype+on+mica&source=bl&ots=QquVujVtsk&sig=29opsxyg8OBBEKBAVVGfOj4ZgbY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilkte-uMXLAhXssIMKHRrjBg04ChDoAQgqMAI#v=onepage&q=ambrotype%20on%20mica&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=g4Wx9yKrDS0C&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=ambrotype+on+mica&source=bl&ots=QquVujVtsk&sig=29opsxyg8OBBEKBAVVGfOj4ZgbY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilkte-uMXLAhXssIMKHRrjBg04ChDoAQgqMAI#v=onepage&q=ambrotype on mica&f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p>From 1865:</p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7-luAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=ambrotype+on+mica&source=bl&ots=Wbc0bpxvri&sig=n2GMBJoYMSE1G5marbrQ-92qFQk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilkte-uMXLAhXssIMKHRrjBg04ChDoAQgsMAM#v=onepage&q=ambrotype%20on%20mica&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7-luAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=ambrotype+on+mica&source=bl&ots=Wbc0bpxvri&sig=n2GMBJoYMSE1G5marbrQ-92qFQk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilkte-uMXLAhXssIMKHRrjBg04ChDoAQgsMAM#v=onepage&q=ambrotype%20on%20mica&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=7-luAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=ambrotype+on+mica&source=bl&ots=Wbc0bpxvri&sig=n2GMBJoYMSE1G5marbrQ-92qFQk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilkte-uMXLAhXssIMKHRrjBg04ChDoAQgsMAM#v=onepage&q=ambrotype on mica&f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This was from 1899 and refers to the process being used in the 1860s:</p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hGI1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA627&lpg=PA627&dq=ambrotype+on+mica&source=bl&ots=09BUrI4kId&sig=IG2l68D2JSy1HV2hq3R32ZiAb7w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj9jZGGuMXLAhXpsIMKHb-gABUQ6AEIOzAF#v=onepage&q=ambrotype%20on%20mica&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hGI1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA627&lpg=PA627&dq=ambrotype+on+mica&source=bl&ots=09BUrI4kId&sig=IG2l68D2JSy1HV2hq3R32ZiAb7w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj9jZGGuMXLAhXpsIMKHb-gABUQ6AEIOzAF#v=onepage&q=ambrotype%20on%20mica&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=hGI1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA627&lpg=PA627&dq=ambrotype+on+mica&source=bl&ots=09BUrI4kId&sig=IG2l68D2JSy1HV2hq3R32ZiAb7w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj9jZGGuMXLAhXpsIMKHb-gABUQ6AEIOzAF#v=onepage&q=ambrotype on mica&f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p>An 1877 mention of the use of mica, mentioning reasons it was not ideal for photography:</p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=sp0OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA505&lpg=PA505&dq=collodion+mica&source=bl&ots=WZ4Tbytgua&sig=3s_VlFBfE3woPcjlCZZPSvNPcJg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwislYzAu8XLAhXrm4MKHQxzAjAQ6AEIMzAF#v=onepage&q=collodion%20mica&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=sp0OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA505&lpg=PA505&dq=collodion+mica&source=bl&ots=WZ4Tbytgua&sig=3s_VlFBfE3woPcjlCZZPSvNPcJg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwislYzAu8XLAhXrm4MKHQxzAjAQ6AEIMzAF#v=onepage&q=collodion%20mica&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=sp0OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA505&lpg=PA505&dq=collodion+mica&source=bl&ots=WZ4Tbytgua&sig=3s_VlFBfE3woPcjlCZZPSvNPcJg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwislYzAu8XLAhXrm4MKHQxzAjAQ6AEIMzAF#v=onepage&q=collodion mica&f=false</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 127529, member: 33"]I'm finding some sources that indicate that the printing on mica was mostly done during the 1850s. (Although some more modern photographers have probably done it, too.) Encyclopedia from 2013: [URL]https://books.google.com/books?id=g4Wx9yKrDS0C&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=ambrotype+on+mica&source=bl&ots=QquVujVtsk&sig=29opsxyg8OBBEKBAVVGfOj4ZgbY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilkte-uMXLAhXssIMKHRrjBg04ChDoAQgqMAI#v=onepage&q=ambrotype%20on%20mica&f=false[/URL] From 1865: [URL]https://books.google.com/books?id=7-luAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=ambrotype+on+mica&source=bl&ots=Wbc0bpxvri&sig=n2GMBJoYMSE1G5marbrQ-92qFQk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilkte-uMXLAhXssIMKHRrjBg04ChDoAQgsMAM#v=onepage&q=ambrotype%20on%20mica&f=false[/URL] This was from 1899 and refers to the process being used in the 1860s: [URL]https://books.google.com/books?id=hGI1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA627&lpg=PA627&dq=ambrotype+on+mica&source=bl&ots=09BUrI4kId&sig=IG2l68D2JSy1HV2hq3R32ZiAb7w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj9jZGGuMXLAhXpsIMKHb-gABUQ6AEIOzAF#v=onepage&q=ambrotype%20on%20mica&f=false[/URL] An 1877 mention of the use of mica, mentioning reasons it was not ideal for photography: [URL]https://books.google.com/books?id=sp0OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA505&lpg=PA505&dq=collodion+mica&source=bl&ots=WZ4Tbytgua&sig=3s_VlFBfE3woPcjlCZZPSvNPcJg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwislYzAu8XLAhXrm4MKHQxzAjAQ6AEIMzAF#v=onepage&q=collodion%20mica&f=false[/URL][/QUOTE]
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