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THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. Vol. XXVII. No. 1320.—December 21, 1883. CONTENTS. The Exhilsit’un cf the Bristol and West of England Photo graphic Association 801 Improvements in Photo-Block Printing 802 Iodide or Bromide ? 803 Manchester Photographic Society Soiree and Exhibition 804 The Past, Present, and Future of Photography tn Natural Colours. By A. A. Campbell Swinton 805 Easy Method of Producing Negatives from Prints. By C. Abney 806 Lantern Transparencies. By D. Ireland, Junr 80G Enlargements on Opal and Paper. By W. 807 PAGE .. 807 .. 809 .. 809 .. 810 .. 811 .. 811 .. 813 .. 81G .. 816 .. 816 Notes Patent Intelligence A Few Photographic Conveniences. By W. An Improved Carrier for Lantern Slides. By J. M’Kean Ceramic Photography. By A. L. Henderson Correspondence Proceedings of Societies Talk in the Studio To Correspondents The Photographic News Registry THE EXHIBITION OF THE BRISTOL AND WEST OF ENGLAND PHOTOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION. The council and members have good reason to congratu late themselves on the magnificent collection of pictures brought together in the fine galleries of the Academy of Arts. The executive of this very enterprising Society must have had no easy time of it during many days past, but they are fully repaid for their labours by the result, which is most successful. Of course, as may be expected, a large number of the pictures have already appeared on the walls of the exhibition in Pall Mall; but in addition to these, there is a very large collection of important works which would have done honour to the London exhibition. The number of instantaneous pictures is very large—so large, indeed, that the judges were compelled to create a new class, viz., sea-scape, which enabled them to do greater justice to the marine exhibits, for as will be seen by the awards, two medals were taken for instantaneous street scenes. The quantity of pictures sent by foreign exhibitors is unusually large, and very important in size as well as quality, notably the extensive Russian series, by D. A. Ermakoff, and the magnificent interiors of Herman Ruckwardt, as well as some fine instantaneous works of large size from Holland. The Exhibition was opened by the Mayor, who made an able speech, showing that he had carefully gone over the pictures before-hand, and noted their various merits, and the High Sheriff followed with some appropriate comments. Mr. T. Davey, the president, in introducing the Mayor to the assembly, was most felicitous in his remarks. After a vote of thanks to the Mayor, proposed by the president, and to the judges by the secretary, the Exhibition was declared open, and the well-dressed assembly dispersed into the various rooms to inspect the pictures. There are four rooms occupied by the Photographic Exhibition. The principal gallery is devoted to landscapes, and the next in importance is occupied by figure subjects and portraits; one room is given up to foreign exhibitors, and one to apparatus and transparencies. In the landscape gallery we find a great many old friends from the exhibition in Pall Mall, and shall have occasion, therefore, to only briefly mention them. Nos. 1 and 2 are part of the large series of flower studies by Henry Stevens, so much admired at the photographic exhibition in London. No. 4, a frame of interiors by Bedford, Lemere, and Co., is too strong in contrast; the Long Gallery, Charlton, is, how ever, an exception, and is very harmonious. Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, by W. F. Donkin, are part of the series of Alpine pic tures exhibited at the London Exhibition, and now so well known. Nos. 11, 12, are lake scenes in Kew Gardens, by E. Dunmore, and for which he has been awarded a bronze medal. They are distinctive for the fine atmospheric beauty of the middle distance, which is greatly enhanced by the bold broken foreground of rushes. The decorative panels of F. Hollyer (Nos. 13, 15, 99, 100, 102, 103), have been honoured by a bronze medal. A carbon copy of Turner’s Liber Studiorum, by the Autotype Company, very perfectly reproduces the fine sepia colour of the origi nal. The deservedly famous yacht pictures of West and Son (No. 20) have carried off a silver medal, and are so well known that they need not be further described here. “ Holy Trinity Church, Coventry,” by F. Dew, is quite spoiled by the heavy clouds, which are out of harmony. “ At Home and Abroad,” a series of views by A. Pringle, has taken a bronze medal. Nos. 24, 25, are of a very high order of merit, but the Forum Romanum would have been much finer had the clouds been less heavily printed; it scarcely suggests the intense light of Italy. Two fine en largements of the Roman Bath at Bath are exhibited by W. G. Lewis. A very fine series of pictures are sent by Mr. E. Brightman, and amongst them some magnificent cloud studies. Some very beautiful river bits on the Froom have received a bronze medal, but to our mind the centre picture in frame 44 (“ Evening ”) is the best of this series. The instantaneous sea studies of Mr. P. H. Hender son are good, the best being a pier head with tumbling sea. “ Yorkshire Waterfalls,” a series by W. C. Bris- towe, are also very meritorious. “ The Kingfisher’s Home,” by Payne Jennings, is one of the finest platino- type prints we have yet seen. The sea studies of William Mayland have taken a bronze medal, which is no more than those who know their exquisite beauty would ex pect. “ The Haunt of the Moor,” by G. F. Dew, is full of high pictorial quality. The series of little gems by H. B. Berkeley are here, and (67) “ Noontide” has taken the silver medal. “ On the Lyn, Devon,” by H. Brom head, is a very good picture, full of vigour, and yet deli cate. Six views in Kent and Dorset, by J. G. Horsey (86), have merits, but are a little unequal in tone. An ambiti ous frame labelled English lake scenery contains some very good pictures; they are by A. G. Pettitt. “ Fishing Boats,” by W. M. Harrison, are by no means bad. The exhibit of J. A. Green is very good, “ Birches” (No. 90) being an exquisite study ; 91 is also very perfect. No. 95 is a panoramic view of Grassmere, and has been very skil fully joined in the centre; this has been done in the print ing. The magnificent interiors of Herman Ruckwardt have taken the silver medal. These were exhibited in Pall Mall a year or two ago, and the perfection of the work on such large plates was then fully recognized. Mr. Harvey Barton has sent a frame of magnificent pictures, fully sustaining his well-known reputation. As, however, he is one of ths judges, his pictures are not for competi-