photocrayon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of enlarged photographic portrait in which a wet-plate transparency on glass was backed with white paper, on which line work was done with crayon, pencil, and colour.

Word forms

photocrayon photocrayons

Etymology

photo- + crayon

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