autotype

American  

[aw-tuh-tahyp] / ˈɔ təˌtaɪp /

noun

1. facsimile.

2. Photography.

   1. a process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment.

   2. a print made by this process.

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autotype British  

/ ˈɔːtəˌtaɪp, ˌɔːtəˈtɪpɪk /

noun

1. a photographic process for producing prints in black and white, using a carbon pigment

2. an exact copy of a manuscript, etc; facsimile

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Other Word Forms

• autotypic adjective
• autotypy noun

Etymology

Origin of autotype

First recorded in 1850–55; auto- ¹ + type

Example Sentences

I tell you that the greengrocer who buys an original oil painting for sixteen shillings with frame complete is far nearer artistic salvation than the patron of the popular autotype.

From Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

He found the very autotype of Mona Lisa he coveted, and farther he was persuaded by the picture-dealer to buy for two guineas a signed proof of a small copperplate engraving of the Primavera.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton

Some are easily accessible in Gerli, Chamberlaine, and the autotype reproductions.

From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington

Had a great deal of trouble this month about reproductions of drawings in autotype.

From Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert

The surface of a drawing should be mate for autotype reproduction.

From Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert