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May 1, 1868. J THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. 207 of subjects, possess decided advantages over the ordinary form familiar to the public. A common aim amongst photographers for years past has been to secure a larger horizontal angle in their pictures ; panoramic lenses, pano ramic cameras, and wide angle lenses of various kinds have been introduced to secure this result, and with various degrees of success. From the name given to the new form of instrument we are describing the reader will probably come to the conclusion that its aim is to render in the stereo scope the panoramic effects, or greatly extended horizontal angle, to which we have referred. Such is not the case, how ever ; the aim is rather to present a view in which the verti cal angle included is twice the horizontal angle. The pic tures are laterally of the ordinary size, and include less than the ordinary angle horizontally, but twice the ordinary size and including much more than the usual angle in height. The idea upon which the adoption of a new form is based is an assumption that the angle of natural vision horizontally is only one-half of the vertical angle. With out adopting this more than doubtful proposition, we may remark the very evident fact that there is a large class of subjects of which the pictorial interest is limited to a very small space laterally, but in which the whole effect is spoiled if a similar limit be applied to the height of the picture. In many views of church interiors, for instance, the interest is confined laterally to the narrow limits of the nave or a single aisle, whilst vertically it is desirable to take in every thing, from the base of the columns to the roof. To secure this it is often necessary to use a lens of short focus, rendering the important objects in a diminutive scale, and including others not needed. In the new form of slide, noble columns and lofty arches, surmounted by the tracery of an ornamental groined roof, are seen in fine proportions ; nothing cut off in the height which is necessary to the effect, nothing super fluous in the width not required in the subject. So of natural glens and gorges, or avenues of trees, in which height is a material clement of the natural beauty of the scene. In the stereoscope subject the most uninteresting piece of foreground, which could pictorially be very well spared, is of great value in giving space and distance when viewed in the stereoscope, and hence it is often important to retain that which at first sight would be cut off as a matter of course. It will be seen, we think, that for many subjects the new form has a special fitness, and will give a new value to the stereoscopic rendering of many scenes. Many of the subjects taken by Mr. Warner in the new size, for the new form of instrument, are very fine, and admirably illustrate the peculiar advantages to which we have referred. They are described as being printed by the “ new argento-carbon process of the inventor, the whole of the sulphur being eliminated from the paper, and albu men and a pure carbon substituted in its place; thus they are really as permanent and indestructible as they can bo made.” Of the meaning and value of this descrip tion we can give no explanation, beyond stating that the prints resemble good gold-toned silver prints, and are stated to have acquired by some treatment immunity from fading. The stereoscope, which is made in different ornamental pat terns, is, we understand, patented, and will be introduced to the public by Messrs. Murray and Heath. PHOTOGRAPHIC PIRACY OF ENGRAVINGS. Our readers will remember a recent case of conviction for infringement of copyright in which Mr. Beal, of St. Paul’s Churchyard, was fined 2130 for the sale of twenty-si x photo graphs of copyright engravings, the penalty of £5 being exacted for each sale. At the hearing, Sir Robert Carden refused to state a case for a higher Court, believing the matter to be one beyond doubt or question, both as to the offence and the penalty. On Thursday, the 23rd ult., appli cation was made at the Court of Queen’s Bench before Mr. Justice Blackburn, Mr. Justice Mellor, and Mr. Justice Lush, sitting in banco, for a rule directing the magistrate to state a case for the opinion of the Court on certain points raised. The case is reported in the Daily Press as fol lows :— EX PARTE BEAL IN THE MATTER OF CERTAIN CONVICTIONS UNDER THE COPYRIGHT ACT. This was an application in the matter of twenty-six convic tions by Sir R. Carden, under the Copyright Act, for the sale of photographs of paintings, or engravings therefrom, without the consent of the owner. Twenty-four informations had been laid by Mr. Graves, under the Art Copyright Act, 25th and 26th Victoria, cap. 68, for unlawfully selling photographs of certain of his paintings or engravings without his consent as, for instance, “ My First Sermon,” “ My Second Sermon,” " Ordered upon Foreign Service,” and so forth, the paintings or engravings being registered in those names, anil described as “ painting in oil,” or as “ engraving,” by such names. At the hearing before Sir R. Carden various legal objections were taken, some of which were rather technical, as that the paint ings were not sufficiently described in the registry, &c. The magistrate overruled these objections, and, as he considered them technical, refused to reserve them for the Court by stating a special case. Ono of the points was certainly substantial in the sense of the practical result. The penalty upon “each offence ” being JEW, and there being proof of sales of photo graphs upon two occasions—in each of which eight were sold— it was objected that there were only two “ offences,” but the magistrate convicted for sixteen offences, and imposed mitigated penalties amounting to £130. Mr. G. Francis moved for a rule or order directing the magistrate to state a case for the opinion of the Court upon these points. The Court, however, after a good deal of discussion, refused the application on the ground that none of the points were so far doubtful as to deserve consideration. As to the point of description, all that the Act required was a short description of the nature and subject of the work, and they thought that the description was sufficient. Thore could bo no reasonable doubt as to what wore the subjects of the pictures, which were well known. Thon it was objected that the photograph was not a “ copy ” of the painting ; but they thought that it was. Lastly, it was objected that each act of selling was only one offence, whatever the number of the copies sold. But the Court thought otherwise—that the penalties were cumulative, and that the selling of each copy was a distinct offence. It would have been a monstrous absurdity if a man might sell a thousand copies at one time, and only pay a single penalty. It would be well worth his while to do so, and such a construction would make the statute nugatory. The object of the Act was obviously to prevent the sale of copies, and therefore the sale of each copy was an offence within the Act. Thore was nothing, therefore, in any of the points raised to require a case to bo stated, and therefore a rule would be refused. ECHOES OF THE MONTH. BY AN OLD PHOTOGRAPHER. ME. McLachlan’s Discovery—The New Intensifying Process—Photography in the Senate House—Con valescent Hospital for Photographers—Photogra phic Convention—Sel Clement—Cabinet Portraits— Societies. Mr. McLachlan has spoken; and I must confess that, in company, 1 fear, with many hundreds more, I feel sadly disappointed. The fulfilment does not scorn worthy of the promise.. I ask myself, what practical information have I gained which I did not possess before? And I am afraid I must answer, very little. I ask myself, what part of my usual negative operations shall I change in consequence of Mr. McLachlan’s disclosure ? And I fear I must answer, none. And as I had given some faith to Mr. McLachlan’s announcement, I feel, as Jonah did when his gourd had been destroyed, that I do well to be angry. And yet I do not charge Mr. McLachlan with breach of faith, or humbug, or some other of the crimes which in pretty little epithets I have heard hurled at his head. I believe that he was per fectly honest in his conviction that he had something im-
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