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  1. Frederick Scott Archer (1813 – 1 May 1857) was an English photographer and sculptor who is best known for having invented the photographic collodion process which preceded the modern gelatin emulsion.

  2. Apr 30, 2024 · Frederick Scott Archer (born 1813, Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, Eng.—died May 2, 1857, London) was an English inventor of the first practical photographic process by which more than one copy of a picture could be made.

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  3. Learn about Frederick Scott Archer, the English sculptor who invented the collodion wet plate process in 1849. His breakthrough led to the popularity of cartes de visite, ambrotype and tintype photography.

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  5. Oct 3, 2012 · Learn about the life and work of Frederick Scott Archer, who discovered the wet-collodion process in 1851 and revolutionised photography. Find out how he gave his invention away for free, designed a folding collodion camera, and died in poverty.

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  6. Frederick Scott Archer: Photography Pioneer: Inventor of the Collodion Process, Artist and Sculptor

  7. Learn about the wet-collodion process, an early photographic technique invented by Englishman Frederick Scott Archer in 1851. The process involved coating a glass plate with collodion and iodide, exposing it in the camera, and developing it in the darkroom.

  8. Caught by the Camera’s Eye. Saint Michael, Winterbourne, England, April 1859, salted-paper print. 1 of 50. Stay connected. Learn more about our exhibitions, news, programs, and special offers. National Gallery of Art.

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