AIC's 42nd Annual Meeting

Nine platinum print samples produced by Kodak in the turn of the 20th century are studied using a variety of photographic documentation techniques, micro-raking texture analysis, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), and spectrophotometry. These are commercial samples of platinum print papers Eastman Kodak Company marketed between c.1902 and c.1910, and they are identified by their product names printed within the image or stamped on verso. Ten platinum prints from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston are selected for comparative study. Based on the characteristics of the papers identified through a series of analysis, the print by Gertrude Käsebier, Lucille Tomajon is found to be a close match with the Kodak Etching Sepia, Smooth paper.