Albumen Prints – your solution when shopping for a unique gift
When you need a unique gift, order an albumen print. Each is hand-crafted and no two are alike – even when made from the same negative. They are a touch of history.
Albumen was the most popular way to make prints from about 1860 until 1900. As commercial manufacturers of printing paper have reduced their offerings [...]
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 [...]
