[Examples of Albertype reproductions, ca. 1885: The old guard of New York City" posed in grand ballroom of the Waldorf]" – Vintage Wall Art
![[Examples of Albertype reproductions, ca. 1885: The old guard of New York City" posed in grand ballroom of the Waldorf]" — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/95/958ffe4c582f-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with [Examples of Albertype reproductions, ca. 1885: The old guard of New York City" posed in grand ballroom of the Waldorf]", a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Examples of Albertype reproductions, ca. 1885: The old guard of New York City" posed in grand ballroom of the Waldorf]"
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The title names a group of older New York society figures posed in a grand ballroom, a choice of subject that sets this print apart from the city's street scenes and skylines. It is an albertype, a photomechanical process developed by Joseph Albert in Munich in the late 1860s that let publishers reproduce photographs in ink without hand engraving, which made it popular for inexpensive prints in the 1880s. The title calls it an example of such reproductions, so it may have served as a showcase for the process as much as a record of the gathering. The Waldorf named in the title did not open until 1893, so the date and location should be read as approximate.
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : albertype. |
|---|---|
| Notes | ca. 1885. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,077 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-123348 |
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