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Albumen Printmaking
Albumen was the most popular method of printmaking from abut 1860 until about 1900. The papers were hand made, most of them in France and Germany, by coating writing paper with a mixture of eggs whites and salt. Photographs show lines of European women floating the paper in trays of egg whtes and hanging them [...]
