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August 14, 1885.J THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. 515 placed by a folding screen, while the somewhat exaggerated contrast between the right and left sides of the face and figure is very considerably modified. Seldom have we seen the exact characteristics and expression of a likeness so completely preserved in a painting from or upon a photo graph as in the present work of Miss Twvman, and this in spite of the modification which she found it necessary to make in order to meet the shortcomings of the original. Turning round, we took up one of some half-dozen large sheets of cardb ard upon which were mounted portrait stu <ies by 0. G. Rejlavder. “ Truly this is an instance of a photographer really being an artist,” remarked our hostess; “ they belong to Mr. , one of the few persons who possess a nearly complete set of Rejlander studies. He brought them the other day for me to look at.. This set is a little valuable, as each sheet is signed by the artist, but un fortunately the prints are fading fast.” The last remark was too true, and led to a few of the usual common places on the fugitiveness of photographs in general, and on the wide distinction between the so-called perma- nency of the most permanent of photographs on paper, and the more real permanency of photographs vitrified on enamel or porcelain. Under these circumstances we naturally criti cised some of Miss Twyman’s vitrified paintings on china, andexamplesof her workiugupof vitro-enamel photographs, a branch of artistic work in which she excels. “ Still,” she remarked, “ how much more common, but how much less satisfactory, are coloured ^photographs on opal glass— the so-called porcelains ; of these I do fifty or sixty for one vitrified picture.” Portraits on paper painted with excep tional taste in water colours, aud also some large wooden trenchers painted in oil, were also to be seen in Miss Twyman’s studio; but to mention them is sufficient. It is because the greater part of Miss Twyman’s com missions come from photographers that we call her a photo graphic painter; and the fact that in looking round we see work in hand from many of the best West End photo graphic houses, justifies us in this. One piece of work from an original of W. E. Debenham strikes us ; it is a half nude infant, and unites in itself the merits of a thoroughly executed photograph aud a high-class painting. We do not enquire whether the painting is made on bare canvas or over a photographic basis. “ I think I told you that the portrait of Sir Moses is not quite finished,” says Miss Twyman, accompanying the re mark with that kind of half-smile which on the face of a woman indicates that there is rather more meaning in her words than a superficial observer might recognize ; as she said this, she made a slight movement in the direction of her palette so we said “ good afternoon,” and in two or three minutes were in the busy thoroughfare of Holborn. THE RECENT CONVENTION OF PHOTOGRA PHERS AT BUFFALO, NEW YORK-EXHIBI- TION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC NOVELTIES. The following resume, which we presume to have been written by Mr. F. C, Beach, President of the Society of Amateur Photographers of New York, who, we are informed, attended the Convention, and which lately appeared in the Scientific American Supplement, will doubtless be read with interest, as involving points not considered in our notice of last week. Perhaps the most striking novelty was the very complete exhibit of apparatus and specimens, including a practical demon stration, by the Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co., of Rochester, New York, who illustrated the capabilities of their improved paper negatives. By the invention of more perfect machinery, this company have been able easily and uniformly to coat large strips of paper with an extremely sensitive gelatine emulsion. The paper is cut into suitable widths and wound upon spools, which arc easily inserted in the special but ingenious holder, held upon the back of the camera, and so arranged that the unexposed paper on the loaded spool is drawn over a board occupying the same plane as that of a sensitive glass plate, and is wound upon a vacant spool at the opposite end. Intervening smaller rollers are provided, which keep the paper stretched taut across the face of the board, aud arranged on the periphery of one roller is a projection which at each revolution punctures a small hole in the edge of the paper strip, and also presses down a flat spring, which, as it is released, makes a loud click. As the small roller is one-quarter the diameter of the spool holder, it makes four revolutions for each single revolution of the latter ; hence, after one exposure has been made, the empty spool holder is revolved by a key ; the operator, upon hearing four clicks, knows that a new surface has been brought into place ready for a second exposure. In taking out a spool of exposures, each picture can be determined before development by counting every four dots pricked in the edge of the paper, and thus, with a pair of shears, it is readily separated from the others. The exposed paper is developed in the ordinary way with an alkaline developer, preference being given to the use of car bonate of soda combined with sulphite of soda and pyrogallol. It is fixed in a fresh solution of hyposulphite of soda. When dry, it is rendered transparent by means of castor oil. Specimen paper negatives of heads nearly life-size were shown ; also positive prints from the same. No grain was apparent in the latter, and the peculiar softening of the dark shadows, which it is claimed the paper will do, was especially,noticeable. The ease with which retouching on the paper may be done was also noticed. The advantage of the amateur when about to take an extended pleasure trip, in having only to employ- a light case of sensitive paper instead of loads of heavy glass, was very forcibly shown. A series of landscape paper negatives, made by a young lady who had had very little experience, illustrated the remarkable uniformity of the paper, and the ease with which it may be worked. The workmanship on the spool holder box was of the best character, and reflected credit upon the designers. It was substantially made, and well finished. In cameras a very large assortment was shown, the exhibits of Messrs. Anthony and Co., and the Scovill Manufacturing Com pany, of New York, being the largest. From the delicate bicycle camera, weighing a trifle over a pound, to the mammoth 24- inch portrait camera for life-size work, seemed but a step, yet there was a large variety. Cameras with revolving fronts or revolving backs were to be seen. Some improvements in view cameras, whereby their folding beds were secured in a horirontal position by sliding bolts instead of the old-fashioned screw, and improved means of focussing, were also noticeable. The display of the Blair Tourograph Co., of Boston, Mass., illustrated the American idea of making one instrument adapt able to as many uses as possible. The construction of their instrument is made as light as possible, and by a simple attach ment much larger pictures can be taken with the same appara tus than was originally intended. The Rochester Optical Co., of Rochester, New York, exhibited a series of view mahogany cameras, well made and light. One of the recent improvements which they have introduced is a peculiar rotary cam button for securing the upper portion of the ground glass frame or the plate holder in position. The move ment is quite simple, and at the aame time effective, in holding the plate holder tightly against the back of the camera. One of the simplest cameras was shown by Chas. Schofield, of Utica, N.Y., styled Schofield’s Unique Apparatus. A box formed the base of the camera ; the rear frame of the latter was hinged to the upper side of the cover of the box; the front frame, which carried the lens, was fastened by keyhole slots to the upper edge of the box. Focussing was accomplished by moving the cover of the box in or out. To pack the apparatus, the front lens frame was detached, aud the camera turned over and compressed under the cover in the box. Various forms of tripods were exhibited for large and small instruments. One of the newest was a folding tripod, made by Anthony and Co., of light hickory and ash. It was capable of being folded into a length of twenty inches, and weighed less than two pounds. It was said to be of sufficient strength to support a large eight by ten camera. Other tripods were con structed with metal tops, having camera screws permanently attached, and also provided with sliding legs for adjusting the height of the camera. Very few shutters for instantaneous work were shown. That exhibited by D. W. C. Hoover, of Buffalo, known as Hoover’s com-
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