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October 30, 1885.] THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. find it. Nos. 122,176, 177, and 469, portraits by A. G. Dew Smith, are too dark and heavy to meet with general approval. W. W. Winter sends a number of portrait studies (Nos. 125, 126, 311, 312, 313, 314) displaying good sound photography, and bold and skilful lighting ; he also has "ASrowy Morn” (No. 387). Harry Pointer’s “ Studies from Nature " (No. 127), is a frame which, in addition to some good pictures of cats and dogs, and a portrait group playing chess, contains a number of cabinet portraits which are as much studies from nature as cabinet portraits generally are. In No. 129, “Going a Milking,” a composition picture by Harry Hughes, the “ composition” is a little too evident ; the figure in some ! parts looks cut out and stuck on to the background, i No. 261 is a set of tree pictures, some of which are rather heavy. No. 130, “Breaking Waves,” is by S. H. R. Sal mon, who also shows a number of village street scenes, some of them picturesque, but having plain white skies. Even this, however, is better than the confusion produced by vignetted trees and printed-in skies that so largely pre vail in the present exhibition. Valentine Blanchard sends three large head studies (No. 134, 138, 159), of which the last mentioned, an “ Italian Boy,” pleases us most. Robinson and Thompson send a fine large view of , Amalfi (No. 135), and another view of the same place j (No. 168). They also send a frame (No. 432), scenes in l'angiers, Malta, Italy, and Sicily, containing a number of interesting scenes, including the two of Amalfi, from which Nos. 135 and 168 have been enlarged. “ A Gateway, Tangiers ” (No. 462), is a very fine picture, including a gate way and an Arab figure and donkey ; the figure is ex ceptionally well caught. BROADHE AD—SLEEPING PHOTOGRAPHER. No. 140 is one of a series of fine enlargements by the Autotype Company. The superscription upon this parti cular one, “ John Ruskin (untouched enlargement from negative by Barraud)," may mislead those not versed in photographic procedure. The enlargement is no doubt untouched, as stated ; the retouching, of which there seems to have been an unstinted amount, having probably been done upon the original negative. Duke Berry sends a beautiful pair of snow scenes (Nos. 141 and 144), which, however, we should have pre ferred to see a little re-inforced in development or by in tensification. They are, however, truly artistic produc tions. Nos. 142 and 143 are rustic scenes ; and 232 and 391 represent incidents in humble life. Mavins and Vivash send some powerfully lighted bust portraits (Nos. 145 and 255) ; they show artistic feeling, but the shadows on the flesh are too heavy for most tastes. The Rev, H, B, Hare sends four 12 by 10 landscapes