Silver print or gelatin silver print

Print produced on the most common form of photographic paper up to the present day, introduced into general use in the 1880s. These prints are made with silver halides suspended in a layer of gelatin on fibre based paper. They are developed using the three-bath chemistry of developer, stop, and fixer, and can be chemically toned to alter the finished look of the print.

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James Beaumont Strachey, by Unknown photographer, circa 1893 - NPG x24009 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

James Beaumont Strachey
by Unknown photographer
circa 1893
NPG x24009

Alphonse Legros, by Unknown photographer, 1900s - NPG x87224 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Alphonse Legros
by Unknown photographer
1900s
NPG x87224

May Dennis (Lillian Lenton), by Criminal Record Office, circa 1913 - NPG x45560 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

May Dennis (Lillian Lenton)
by Criminal Record Office
circa 1913
NPG x45560

Jennie Baines, by Criminal Record Office, circa 1913 - NPG x45565 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Jennie Baines
by Criminal Record Office
circa 1913
NPG x45565

Kitty Marion (Katherina Maria Schafer), by Criminal Record Office, after Unknown photographer, circa 1913 - NPG x45561 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Kitty Marion (Katherina Maria Schafer)
by Criminal Record Office, after Unknown photographer
circa 1913
NPG x45561

Miss Johansen, by Criminal Record Office, circa 1913 - NPG x45563 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Miss Johansen
by Criminal Record Office
circa 1913
NPG x45563

Christine Keeler, by Lewis Morley, 1963 - NPG x88355 - © Lewis Morley Archive / National Portrait Gallery, London

Christine Keeler
by Lewis Morley
1963
NPG x88355

Nigella Lucy Lawson, by Dan Kenyon, October 1991 - NPG x127297 - © Dan Kenyon / National Portrait Gallery, London

Nigella Lucy Lawson
by Dan Kenyon
October 1991
NPG x127297

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