Description
Late 19th-century crystoleagram/crystoleum,
Three young ladies playing with a monkey, a late 19th-century scene. Beautifully framed in gilt with an indistinctive signature at the bottom.
Size 56 x 43 cm (22 x 17 inches
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The chrystoleum process applied colour to an albumen print, popular from c. 1880 – c. 1910.
An albumen print was pasted face down to the inside of a concave piece of glass. Once the adhesive (usually starch paste or gelatin) was dry, the paper backing of the print was rubbed away, leaving only the transparent emulsion on the glass. The image was then coloured by hand, using oil paints. Another piece of glass was added to the back and this could also be coloured by hand. Both pieces of glass were bound together creating a detailed, albeit fragile, image. The process was derived from the 18th-century mezzotint process
