Re: An exchange with Mike Ware (on Argyrotype)

Loris
 
Thanks. That was a useful exchange.
 
Let us remember that my original question was:
 
' What advantages does the argyrotype offer over the salt print or Van Dyke
print ?'.
 
As you pointed out yourself, Loris, the final result looks much the same.
 
.Incidentally. an 'Aunt Sally' is the English equivalent of 'canard' in
French., i.e. an argument that is put forward so that it may be 'shot down' as
with the 'canard' or knocked down as with an Aunt Sally. which was a female
figure erected at fair grounds, people would pay to throw 'clouts' ( bundles of
cloth) at it to win prizes if they managed to knock it down.
 
No one was attacking anyone or 'putting up'Aunt Sallys' to be knocked down
 
English too is a very subtle language where inferences of offensive intent
can often be drawn where none were intended. But then, this is only too true
of the internet as well.
 
Terry
 
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