Suche löschen...
The photographic news
- Bandzählung
- 27.1883
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1883
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Signatur
- F 135
- Vorlage
- Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig
- Digitalisat
- Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig
- Digitalisat
- SLUB Dresden
- Lizenz-/Rechtehinweis
- Public Domain Mark 1.0
- URN
- urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-db-id1780948042-188300004
- PURL
- http://digital.slub-dresden.de/id1780948042-18830000
- OAI-Identifier
- oai:de:slub-dresden:db:id-1780948042-18830000
- Sammlungen
- Fotografie
- LDP: Historische Bestände der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig
- Strukturtyp
- Band
- Parlamentsperiode
- -
- Wahlperiode
- -
- Bandzählung
- No. 1290, May 25, 1883
- Digitalisat
- SLUB Dresden
- Strukturtyp
- Ausgabe
- Parlamentsperiode
- -
- Wahlperiode
- -
-
Zeitschrift
The photographic news
-
Band
Band
-
- Titelblatt Titelblatt I
- Register Index III
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 1
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 17
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 33
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 49
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 65
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 81
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 97
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 113
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 129
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 145
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 161
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 177
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 193
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 209
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 225
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 241
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 257
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 273
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 289
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 305
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 321
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 337
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 353
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 369
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 385
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 401
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 417
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 433
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 449
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 465
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 481
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 497
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 513
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 529
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 545
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 561
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 577
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 593
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 609
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 625
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 641
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 657
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 673
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 689
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 705
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 721
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 737
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 753
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 769
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 785
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 801
- Ausgabe Ausgabe 817
-
Band
Band
-
- Titel
- The photographic news
- Autor
- Links
- Downloads
- Einzelseite als Bild herunterladen (JPG)
-
Volltext Seite (XML)
332 THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. [May 25, 1883. placed wet, in contact with the plate, in the same manner as described above, water being the vehicle this time instead of gelatine. Upon examining the front, no small spots should be visible, said spots being air-bubbles. Cover the back with two thicknesses of note-paper, or one of American cloth; squeegee thoroughly and set aside to dry. The other plan, which dispenses with both collodion and gelatine, has only been recently brought under the notice of one of the photographic societies, and therefore may be new to many besides beginners. The glass plate is well polished with tripoli or one of the usual plate-cleaning substances. It is then dusted all over with finely-powdered French chalk, the talc being formed into a pad with flannel, which should be used to do the polishing ; the plate should then be immersed in a vessel of water. A well soaked print, placed in contact with the plate as previously described, will adhere so long as moisture be present; when dry, which will happen in the course of an hour in a warm room, the print will drop off. Prints treated with collodion alone may have mounts attached to them by means of either starch, glue, or gela tine, by brushing the mountant on the mount and print, and when rubbed down in contact, put under pressure for an hour. But when neither collodion nor gelatine is used, as in the last method, the plate requires to be coated with some suitable substance on the talc, to prevent the print sticking fast to the glass. If it be desired to attach a mount, the alcoholic soap solution used for burnishing will be found to answer the purpose effectually, preventing the mountant permeating through to the glass, or, rather, holding on to it. AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY “AS IT WAS.” BY W. M. ASHMAN. FoLtowING in the track of our English editors, in their efforts to make us acquainted with all that is desirable for us to know concerning other people’s studios, and their manner of conducting them, I find Brother Jonathan has commenced his series, and has already reached the magnifi cent proportion of palaces, not studios—oh, no ! Probably those of us who went to school, were taught that America is a large country, and those who did not have the opportunity may have heard so since ; but everybody does know that Uncle Sam is a party of immense resource, and capable of big things, therefore we need not exhibit wonder and astonishment if the little studio “out on the lot "of yester day has been enlarged to palatial proportions to-day. John Bull is dull, no doubt, as the Americans aver, for did he not take forty winks or more before he could trust himself to travel over bis railroads in a Pullman’s luxuriant palace car ? But, being convinced that the adoption of the said luxuriance is both practical and profitable, he will not fail to do the thing thoroughly. The question of English photographers building palatial studios in order to keep level with their American brethren seems less hopeful, for the simple reason that English photographers are not enterprising, as a rule, and do not care to embark their capital in a speculation which does not show on the surface a good return for the outlay. When America exports palace studios in the same manner as she does her palace cars, England may wake up to different views on the sub ject; and Mr. Photographer’s clients may demand the new order of things, or depart for America by the next boat to get photographed. But, dear reader, let me tell you that all the studios in America are not palaces; neither is wealth so superabundant in that country as to warrant their erection. No doubt we shall have an opportunity of reading the accounts of these fine studios, so, with the Editor’s per mission, I will relate how an American studio might have been described a little while ago. Says the Democratic Star and Independent :“ We hear on reliable authority that John 8. A. Shadowcatcher and Cyrus S. Fixedit, late of Paris, New York, and of world wide reputation, have taken that magnificent one-storey frame building lately erected along the City front, where they intend—when the necessary alterations have been com pleted—running the premises as a photographic gallery. We are sure our citizens will patronize the new-comers when we say that no better picture-makers can be found. We wish them success. As a guarantee of their stability, we might add that they are advertising in our columns, and have paid six months'subscriptions in advance. Without going into the manner of construction, frame buildings are admirably suited for conversion into business premises ; they can be knocked about as much as a dry goods packing case, and yet be as serviceable as ever ; therefore, to start a new photographic gallery in one of them is not difficult, for it only becomes necessary to knock away the weather-board ing from the side or end, and carry out a frame extension ad libitum. A glazed window sash—or light, as it is called by American photographers—measuring from ten to fifteen feet square, is fixed at an angle of 60 degrees from the perpen dicular, and the favourite aspect is due north; the lower portion of the frame-work or skylight does not descend to the floor, but usually terminates from eighteen to twenty-four inches above it.” Messrs. Shadowcatcher and Fixedit carried on business in this locality for six months, during which time they photo graphed one Chinaman, three coloured folks, and a red Indian, besides a few emigrant farmers from the interior. They occupied their spare time very pleasantly, though. Mr. S. was a man who had a passion for fishing; so, fish being very plentiful all round the coasts of America, and in this case very easy to get at, whenever the tide was up, Mr. S. used to drop his line through the seams of the floor, and haul up the fish. In course of time this inno cent amusement became tedious, and the two renowned photographers thought it would be a good idea to take a part of their studio to the farmers, as the farmers were not in a hurry to come to them. With this project in view, the partners constructed a portable studio, and, with a light spring-waggon and pair of horses, made direct for the prairies, leaving the local dentist in charge of the pre mises, with instructions to officiate during their absence. It is needless to say that this was too much for the inhabi tants ; they could not stand dentistry and photography combined under one roof, and performed by the same opera tor, too. The result was, that no photographs were required. In less than a fortnight from the start, the partners were doing a good stroke among the farmers some fifty miles from home. Where money was scarce, live sheep and other barter was accepted, until all the nitrate of silver was used up. To replenish his store, Mr. S. saddled his horse and went shopping, while F. beguiled the interval with shooting. After an absence of three weeks, F. deemed it time to go shopping too. Arrived at the end of his fifty miles, he found S. just thinking of setting out, with some old scrap silver he had obtained from the local watch and clock store, and a supply of concentrated nitric acid, this being the nearest approach to nitrate of silver within a hundred and fifty miles—so he said. Perhaps ho had been at his old game of fishing again, but would not own up. Twenty-four hours’ rest, and the silver dissolved, saw a fresh start in a drenching rain. When some fifteen miles on the road, packages were untied, and transferred to pockets, for the greater convenience of the riders, among them being a two-pound bottle of concentrated nitric acid; this, for safety, F. elected to carry in the breast pocket of his overcoat, forgetting for the moment he was seated in a Mexican saddle; but a few minutes later he suddenly remembered it, as, facing the storm of wind and drenching rain, the two friends urged their steeds furiously over the prairie. Some unlucky chance caused the pommel of the saddle and the bottom of the nitric acid bottle to meet in desperate combat; fortunately for both horse and rider, the rain continued with unabated energy, and the pools of water in the road became for once of great service. In this
- Aktuelle Seite (TXT)
- METS Datei (XML)
- IIIF Manifest (JSON)