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Ivorytype
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A picture produced by superposing a very light print, rendered translucent by varnish, and tinted upon the back, upon a stronger print, so as to give the effect of a photograph in natural colors; - called also hellenotype.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ivorytype'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/i/ivorytype.html. 1828.