It has been talked about for more than a century.

THE LAST PRINT IN SILVER

‘Tis the last print in Silver
Left mould’ring alone,
All her gold-toned companions
Are faded and gone.
No print of her kindred,
Albumen, is nigh,
To reflect back her jaundice
So sad to the eye.
I will leave thee, thou lone one,
To vanish away
And to all fellow-workers
With confidence say
Go, print now in Carbon,
Or platinum choose
As long recommended
By friend Jabez Hughes.
So soon may all follow
A ‘Permanent way,’
And from out of our albums
No prints fade away.
For when Albumen’s yellow,
and Chloride is flown,
Platino and Carbon
Shall still hold their own.
–Edgar Clifton, 1887
Edgar Clifton, “The Last Print in Silver,” British Journal of Photography Almanac and Photographer’s
Daily Companion, H. Greenwood & Co., London (1887), p.137.