A working manual on how to make a wet plate collodion glass negative, ambrotype, tintype and to print on historic albumen paper from the negatives. Second edition now includes instructions for making salt-paper prints.

A practical and detailed instruction manual of the collodion process. This guide offers step by step instructions for the method of producing both positive and negative pictures on glass and paper. Phrased in understandable and straightforward terms, this short guide makes it possible for beginners to create heliographic images on glass and paper. Updated to include more modern technology, published in 1857.

The chapters to follow are written by Reverend Thomas Frederick Hardwich, a photographic chemist, writer on photographic chemistry, demonstrator, and lecturer in photography at King's College London. The author is indeed an expert in his field, and he shares his knowledge throughout this publication.