The photographic news

• Bandzählung: 6.1862
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1862
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March 7,1862.] THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. 117 ably 29roceedings of Sotieties. 1, of ition 'hen ites: ibed tive. ated Ie of h his ras a ntion iting rstly, a able five ir the o the tiff to PIIIC ated teen irned 'tract e the ecial oyal unit, move 120, if upon to the republication. That did not appear to him a reasonable provision, and ho had not retained it. In other respects the Bill was much simplified. The penalties would be found to be not so severe as before, some having been omittted and others modified. It was of considerable importance in the present year that such a Bill, if the principle was approved by the House, should be passed with despatch; otherwise foreign artists who had a copyright in their own country in those works which we were most anxions to seo in the Great Exhi bition, must either withhold their contributions, or expose themselves to the danger of having their rights invaded.— (Hear, hear.) He begged to move for leave to bring in the Bill. The motion was agreed to, and the bill having been brought in, was read a first time. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Joubert, expressed his great satisfaction with the progress of enamel photography, as illustrated by the specimens before them, which now seemed scarcely to leave room for improvement. they will be able to devote all their mind to study and examine the works of photography, guided by a catalogue full of all the particulars required, and aided by any explanations they may require from competent officers ap pointed for that purpose. " The Photographic Exhibition should be in London ; and it is supposed that a proper and convenient building may be found in some central part of the town, capable of holding all the numerous and varied works which will be proposed for the exhibition of photography. “ A very simple scheme to secure the success of the undertaking in a I painter or purchaser of pictures, &c., already parted with. The I Bill proposed to give the purchaser the copyright as a matter I of course, unless the copyright were especially reserved by the | author. He did not propose to extend the protection beyond I paintings, drawings, and photographs. The Bill would give the ; ordinary legal remedies and penalties to secure copyright, j Another object was to put a stop to a considerable trade which ! had grown up in spurious pictures, the manufacturers of I which, counterfeited the marks and monagrams of artists of I eminence, whose reputation suffered by the fraud, while the I public were imposed upon. The Bill proposed to make this I offence a misdemeanour, and to protect artists against frauds. The Bill somewhat differed from that of last year. It was i simplified, and some of the more questionable provisions of the | measure of last year were omitted. In the previous Bill there I was a provision that, even in cases where there was no sub- I sisting copyright, and where any one was at perfect liberty to I engrave a work, the name of the author should not be affixed effect was highly satisfactory, the distortion in the street scenes of Paris being scarcely perceptible. Some of the latter, in which every detail, even on the shadowed side of crowded streets, was well made out, whilst there were fine natural skies, with light clouds, elicited much applause; as did also the interiors of the church of St. Etienne du Mont, and the scenes in the Bois do Boulogne, and on the Niagara. In answer to various questions, Mr. ENGLAND stated that the transparencies were produced on tannin plates. The ma- jority of the negatives were taken by Mr. Dallmeyer’s ste reoscopic lens of short focus. He developed his negatives with iron. In taking the instantaneous pictures he used a half inch stop. After a vote of thanks to Mr. England, The Chairman said Mr. Claudet had addressed a letter to their Secretary, relative to an exhibition of photographs, inde pendent of that at the International Exhibition. He would read the letter to the meeting. After stating that a general impres sion existed that another exhibition was desirable, and that it ought to be under the auspices of the Society, the letter pro ceeded as follows:— “When we consider that a single building, however great it may be, is to contain the works of art, science, industry, and manufacture of all the world, it could never have been expected that all applicants should have been ad mitted, and that there should have been space enough for holding all their productions. It is, indeed, to be wondered how the Royal Commissioners have been able to grant 3,000 square feet for the display of photographic pictures. Supposing that the vertical space of hanging photographs should be 5 feet (and it can hardly be so much for a convenient sight), that gives a length of 600 feet, or about l-9th of a mile of wall in the building. Such a space, cer tainly, is as much as could ever have been devoted to a single branch of pro ductions. Therefore it would be unjust to complain, and unreasonable to ask more for photography alone. There is no remedy on that score. « But if, owing to the great number of photographers who are to exhibit, every one has a space in which he cannot display specimens of every kind of photographs, how can he show his capabilities ? One of the new features of photography is the enlargement of small photographs by means of the solar camera. Now, suppose that a photographer would have to exhibit only two portraits as large as nature, in suitable frames, one of a lady and one of a gen tleman, these two portraits would occupy the entire space allotted to the most favoured. « Foreign photographers, working in a more favourable climate, where they can operate nearly every week all the year round with the sun, will be able to exhibit those kinds of enlarged pictures, portraits, or landscapes, and if, with immense difficulty under our cloudy sky, we have been able in England to produce such photographs, we shall be prevented by want of space from exhibiting them at all. “ Besides, every photographer who exhibits painted portraits must also ex hibit copies of the black photographs which have served to the painters, in order to.show the accuracy of the likeness. How can he display the number of pictures exemplifying the various styles of the art ? Must he not show how he can treat every subject of portraiture—groups, old and young of both sexes, children, white and dark dresses, uniforms ; in fine, all that is consti tuting the difficulties of photography? The fact is, that photography for the whole United Kingdom cannot be fairly represented at the International Ex hibition in 3,000 square feet: it cannot but be incomplete and unsatisfactory. « I consider that it is the duty of the Protographic Society of London to protect the interest of the art it represents, and to endeavour to prove to the world who is invited to London, that photography in this country has had its share in the wonderful progress made since the Great Exhibition of 1851; that, notwithstanding the absurdities of ignorant and prejudicial writers, the jealousy of incapable soi-disant artists, it has attained the highest perfection, and deserves to be ranked among the fine arts. " The opportunity should not be lost. Let it not be said that those who come to London from all the centres of civilization and knowledge, in order 1 to witness the progress of arts, sciences, and manufactures, the wonderful feats of an era of peace and reason, had no other means of judging the state of photography in England than to see in some parts of the building of the Great Exhibition, not an exhibition of photography, but only, as it were, a ’ catalogue of all those who have worked in the hope of being able to exhibit > their productions. l " When it is known that, besides the few specimens of every photographer admitted at the Palace of the International Exhibition, there is somewhere . in London a special and complete exhibition of photography, there is no > doubt that all those who take an interest in the progress of the art will come and visit this exhibition. There nothing will distract their attention, and Mr. England then exhibited a very fine series of transpa- rencies from instantaneous and other stereoscopic negatives, consisting chiefly of Paris street scenes and interiors, and of American scenery. The views were projected on a screen about ten feet square, giving an amount of ampli fication, roughly estimated, of about forty diameters. They were illuminated with the oxyhydrogen light, using the common carburetted hydrogen at hand in the room, instead of pure hydrogen. Notwithstanding the large amount of magnifying power on pictures taken with lenses of very short focus, the itting shoto- London PHOTOGRAPIIIC Society. TIE usual monthly meeting of tho Photographic Society of London was held in King’s College on the evening of Tuesday, March 4th, James GLAISHER, F.R.S., in the chair. The minutes of a previous meeting having been read and confirmed, Mr. 0. F. Bailey, was elected a member of tho society. The Secretary called the attention of the members to some photographs illustrative of the works of Sir Christopher Wren, taken on dry plates by Mr. Cole. Some of tho pic tures exhibited much softness and delicacy. A letter was read from Herr Khnke, accompanied by some specimens produced without tho use of chloride of silver, or hyposulphite of soda. Tho purport of the letter was similar to that addressed to the North London Socity, and read at its January meeting (see p. 23). Some conversation on this subject followed. A number of sheets of albumenized paper, prepared by Mr. Watson for Mr. Bourquin, were placed upon the table, and any member was invited to take samples for trial. Mr. Joubert then read an interesting paper, tracing the his tory of photography, more especially in its application to cera mic wares. The paper will appear in our next. Some very fine specimens of enamel photographs were laid on tho table. Mr. SHADEOLT congratulated Mr. Joubert on the marked im provement in his specimens since ho had last seen them. Ho suggested to him, as a means of avoiding the reversal of the image, the production of direct transmitted positives, by ex posing the negative for a few moments to light, just at the commencement of development. m? . JOUEERT was obliged for the hint, and would try it. Ilie specimens to which Mr. Shadbolt referred were reversed; but. he now avoided the reversal of tho imago, by producing Jus transparency in the camera, placing tho negative with the film towards him. Mr. H. Pollock asked whether, in tho specimens containing a variety ot colours, the skill of the painter was necessary ? Mr. Joubert stated that the pictures were produced at first in monochrome, and were then tinted by the careful applica tion of ceramic colours. , was : use of | abject lition jects. been ature: s and from ection I gave t is the ' untrL avin‘ should resent medy, inter a gave yrigll 1 espe” which rarily, wing; eyond ‘s Ac imited ‘actor?. inting, io fir s mak® I to th e