Glass Plate of Kilmarnock House

After the initial popularity of the daguerreotype another process made photography a little cheaper and simpler. The Ambrotype, invented by Frederic Scott Archer in 1850 was the process of taking a wet plate negative and painting the back black so that it appeared as a positive.   Kilmarnock House was the town house of the Earl of Kilmarnock and is no longer standing
Object no :
EAGP025n
Collection :
Moving Image: Seeing Things
Creator :
NA
Place of Production :
NA
Dimensions :
NA
Materials :
glass
Location :
NA
Related site :
Mark Farm, Castle Kennedy
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