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Pannotype
Portrait of a woman

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 29.11.2025

Photographer: Jean Nicolas Truchelut (1811-1890). Portrait of a woman. 1857. Pannotype. 22 x 16 cm (31 x 25 cm). Light hand-coloring and highlighting, mounted in contemporary gilt-lined paper mat, photographer's printed paper label and annotated with the sitter's name and dates in ink on mat verso.

The pannotype (from pannus, Latin for linen) is a positive collodion image transferred onto fine fabric, typically linen. Introduced around 1853 by Jean Nicolas Truchelut, the process offered a more affordable and durable alternative to daguerreotypes and early paper prints, though it lacked their luminous quality. Due to its technical complexity and labor-intensive production, the pannotype remained a niche format, adopted by only a handful of photographers. Today, surviving examples are exceedingly rare - especially in larger formats such as this.
– Mat with traces of use, some soiling, print with some cracklure, background mottled, otherwise in good condition.