Triumph of the Egg - Duke Special

Carbon, gold and silver plates

Arabic gum bichromates

Gelatin, potash, mercury

Insatiable, bold technology

The bete noire aristotype

Albumen paper, platinotype

Autochrome and chromium

Photogravure, palladium

Edison, Willis, Nicholl, Swan

Whose gnosis graced the grand salons

Talbot, Vogel, Lippmann, Kutz

De Manche, Lumiere in brave pursuit

Consumed, possessed of bright ambition

We bless you late with recognition

And mourn the passing of your art

And science, driven from the heart