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The objection to the shiny, highly polished surface of albumen and gelatine papers is that, besides the fact that the surface reflects false and disturbing lights, the very polish and gloss has an artificial appearance which, from its very superfine character, irresistibly reminds us of its origin and nature.

— Alfred Horsley Hinton

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Art seeks ever to conceal the means by which its effects are produced and the method in which the work is wrought.

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