Bromide print

A print made using paper containing silver bromide that was sufficiently sensitive to light to be used for enlargements. Bromide papers came into general use around 1880 and became the most popular and widely used paper for black and white photography in the twentieth century. It is produced in a range of finishes: matt, glossy and semi-matt.

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Richard Cobden, by Elliott & Fry, 1863 - NPG x127422 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Richard Cobden
by Elliott & Fry
1863
NPG x127422

Jerome Klapka Jerome, by Frederic G. Hodsoll, circa 1904 - NPG Ax25180 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Jerome Klapka Jerome
by Frederic G. Hodsoll
circa 1904
NPG Ax25180

Robert Falcon Scott, by Herbert George Ponting, 1911 - NPG P23 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Robert Falcon Scott
by Herbert George Ponting
1911
NPG P23

Isaac Rosenberg, by London Art Studios, circa 1915 - NPG P230 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Isaac Rosenberg
by London Art Studios
circa 1915
NPG P230

Madame Sze, by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons, circa 1916 - NPG Ax39100 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Madame Sze
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
circa 1916
NPG Ax39100

Arnold Dolmetsch, by Herbert Lambert, circa 1925 - NPG P108 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Arnold Dolmetsch
by Herbert Lambert
circa 1925
NPG P108

Virginia Woolf (née Stephen), by Barbara Strachey (Hultin) (later Halpern), 1938 - NPG Ax125376 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Virginia Woolf (née Stephen)
by Barbara Strachey (Hultin) (later Halpern)
1938
NPG Ax125376

Twiggy Lawson (née Lesley Hornby), by Cecil Beaton, 1967 - NPG x14224 - © Cecil Beaton Studio Archive, Sotheby's London

Twiggy Lawson (née Lesley Hornby)
by Cecil Beaton
1967
NPG x14224

Kate Moss, by Corinne Day, 11 December 2006 - NPG P1274 - © Corinne Day / National Portrait Gallery, London

Kate Moss
by Corinne Day
11 December 2006
NPG P1274

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