CLASSICAL STUDIES OF MALE ATHLETES, CIRCA 1920S-30S

POPULARISED BY THE AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER EDWARD CURTIS, OROTONES WERE MADE BY PRINTING A PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE MADE FROM A NEGATIVE ONTO A GLASS PLATE. THE PLATE WAS THEN BACKED IN GOLD AND FRAMED. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OROTONES SEE BALDWIN, LOOKING AT PHOTOGRAPHS: A GUIDE TO TECHNICAL TERMS, P. 62