From: Peter Marshall (petermarshall@cix.co.uk)
Date: 05/11/01-09:16:39 AM Z
Alberto
Since the whole thing is a mistake I think you can spell it with any
number of characters of any value, either upper or lower case. Personally
I use all lowercase and no space - 'vandyke'.
Perhaps we should stick to brown print, or, if you want something more
technical, water-developing kallitype. Sepia print can be confusing as it
is also used for sepia toned bromide prints.
Peter Marshall
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> > I had queried Bob Schramm who had an article about VDB, noting that
> > Nadeau
> > spells it Vandyke (capital D), Crawford spells it vandyke or
> > brownprint,
> > Reeve & Sward, also Arno spell it Van Dyke brown (2 caps & an lc).
> >
> > Schramm advised:
> >
> > "When in doubt, stick with Nadeau. He has done the research."
> >
> > But then I checked with the Getty Museum book, which, although citing
> > Nadeau, still spells it Van Dyke brown. The book however confirms
> > Schramm's idea about origin, saying the process is named for its "rich
> > deep browns...thought to resemble those achieved by Anthony van Dyck,
> > or
> > those of the pigment named after him."
>
> So probabily VanDyke is not Antony Van Dyck, nor (regarding the brown
> print) the "colonial civil servant in India" cited by Peter Marshall.
> Or VanDyke is only a bad (how bad?) spelling for Van Dyck?
>
> Alberto
>
>
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