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- Ausgabe No. 592, January 7, 1870 1
- Ausgabe No. 593, January 14, 1870 13
- Ausgabe No. 594, January 21, 1870 25
- Ausgabe No. 595, January 28, 1870 37
- Ausgabe No. 596, February 4, 1870 49
- Ausgabe No. 597, February 11, 1870 61
- Ausgabe No. 598, February 18, 1870 73
- Ausgabe No. 599, February 25, 1870 85
- Ausgabe No. 600, March 4, 1870 97
- Ausgabe No. 601, March 11, 1870 109
- Ausgabe No. 602, March 18, 1870 121
- Ausgabe No. 603, March 25, 1870 133
- Ausgabe No. 604, April 1, 1870 145
- Ausgabe No. 605, April 8, 1870 157
- Ausgabe No. 606, April 14, 1870 169
- Ausgabe No. 607, April 22, 1870 181
- Ausgabe No. 608, April 29, 1870 193
- Ausgabe No. 609, May 6, 1870 205
- Ausgabe No. 610, May 13, 1870 217
- Ausgabe No. 611, May 20, 1870 229
- Ausgabe No. 612, May 27, 1870 241
- Ausgabe No. 613, June 3, 1870 253
- Ausgabe No. 614, June 10, 1870 265
- Ausgabe No. 615, June 17, 1870 277
- Ausgabe No. 616, June 24, 1870 289
- Ausgabe No. 617, July 1, 1870 301
- Ausgabe No. 618, July 8, 1870 313
- Ausgabe No. 619, July 15, 1870 325
- Ausgabe No. 620, July 22, 1870 337
- Ausgabe No. 621, July 29, 1870 349
- Ausgabe No. 622, August 5, 1870 361
- Ausgabe No. 623, August 12, 1870 373
- Ausgabe No. 624, August 19, 1870 385
- Ausgabe No. 625, August 26, 1870 397
- Ausgabe No. 626, September 2, 1870 409
- Ausgabe No. 627, September 9, 1870 421
- Ausgabe No. 628, September 16, 1870 433
- Ausgabe No. 629, September 23, 1870 445
- Ausgabe No. 630, September 30, 1870 457
- Ausgabe No. 631, October 7, 1870 469
- Ausgabe No. 632, October 14, 1870 481
- Ausgabe No. 633, October 21, 1870 493
- Ausgabe No. 634, October 28, 1870 505
- Ausgabe No. 635, November 4, 1870 517
- Ausgabe No. 636, November 11, 1870 529
- Ausgabe No. 637, November 18, 1870 541
- Ausgabe No. 638, November 25, 1870 553
- Ausgabe No. 639, December 2, 1870 565
- Ausgabe No. 640, December 9, 1870 577
- Ausgabe No. 641, December 16, 1870 589
- Ausgabe No. 642, December 23, 1870 601
- Ausgabe No. 643, December 30, 1870 613
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JANVRY 14, 1870. | THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. 21 the picture the stage for the players, and, by certain actions and gestures, exhibiting dumb show. Hogarth’s prints of “ The Harlot’s Progress ” were the first of the series which he published, and they were highly success ful. One thousand two hundred copies were immediately sub scribed for. The subjects were copied for different articles of fashion. A piece was brought out at one of the theatres, founded upon them; and copies of them were engraved, of various sizes, and impressions spread throughout the country, and sold by means of hawkers. Hogarth, rendered sensible, by these acts of piracy, that published engravings were the common property of all adventurers, and feeling the danger to which his enterprise was consequently exposed, called a meeting of his professional brethren, and an application to Parliament for a Bill to secure to artists exclusive enjoyment of the copyright of their own works was the result.* Up to the time of these publications, there were but two prints shops in London ; their trade consisted in foreign prints, and in English engraved portraits, and was of very limited and unimportant extent. But the introduction to the town, from time to time, of Hogarth’s visible forms of virtue and vice, by constituting framed and glazed prints, fashionable decora tions for rooms among the middle class of society, the making collections for folios, and the awakeningamong dealers ageneral spirit of enterprise in engraved works, imparted to the trade an entirely new character ; and the Copyright Act, obtained by Hogarth in 1734-5 (8th George If.), having given security and confidence to the various interests growing out of that new state of things, print shops were opened in various parts of the town ; and whilst the works they exposed to view, by drawing the attention of the public, aided in making artists known, and in diffusing taste for art, they constituted an entirely now characteristic of the metropolis of Great Britain. (T'o be continued.) Gorrespouence. MR. ROBINSON’S GOLDEN SYRUP SOLUTION FOR PRESERVING WET PLATES. Sir,—Under the above heading in the Year-Book for 1870 I find mentioned the experiences of several gentlemen in reference to some of the difficulties they have had to con tend with in using the syrup. But none of them appear to have met with this difficulty, i.e., the shadows of the negative turning a reddish-brown almost immediately the intensifier is applied. Like Mr. Burgess, the first time I tried the syrup it worked excellently, and I was quite pleased to find what a lot of time and trouble would be saved by the process ; but the next time, almost directly I applied the intensifier, I was surprised to see the shadows turning a reddish-brown, the negative thus being made quite useless for printing. I had taken about half-a-dozen negatives that day, so had five more to finish, and I felt very nervous about them, for, sup posing they all went like the first, I could not possibly replace them. The fault could not be in the syrup, as it was the remainder of the same solution I had used in my first suc cessful experiment. Neither was it in carelessly exposing the negatives to the light between developing and intensifying, as they were kept in a light-tight box used for dry plates. In fact, everything was in j ust the same condition, to all appear ance, as when I first tried the syrup. At last I came to the conclusion that it must be in the washing, and, therefore, I was more particular in washing the other five negatives. My plan was first to give them a good sluicing under the tap, and then place each negative in a separate dish of water, and leave them soaking for about thirty minutes ; after which I gave them another washing under the tap, and then pro ceeded to intensify. I am glad to say I found my plan a perfect success, and have followed it ever since. I have not seen any symptoms of the complaint from that time—which is about twelve months ago now—up to the present, and I always use the syrup when away from the studio, both for * See John Pye’s “Patronage o British Art. landscape and groups. I am sure photographers are greatly indebted to Mr. Robinson for his kindness in making it public, and I, for one, thank him very sincerely for that and other communications which he has sent the News and Year-Books. Wishing you, Mr. Editor, a happy new-year, I beg to remain, yours, respectfully, A. Nicholls. Post Office Terrace, Cambridge, January Ilfh, 1870. ROWSELL’S GRAPHOSCOPE. Dear Sir,—My attention has been called to a letter of Mr. Rowsell’s, in your last number, charging me with un fair and dishonourable conduct in connection with his “ Patent Graphoscope." Permit me a few words in reply. I undertook, some fifteen months ago, to manufacture for Mr. Rowsell a few dozen graphoscopes, with the promise of very large and continuous orders. That he discontinued his orders on account of inferior workmanship I emphatically deny. It was for a totally different reason. The imperfec tions complained of were of the most trivial description. With regard to the quality of my workmanship, I think I may say, without vanity, that it has for many yearn main tained a position second to none. Since Mr. Rowsell discontinued his orders, I have made graphoscopes for respectable houses and dealers who, I am sure, would do nothing either dishonest or unfair; indeed, I think the dishonesty and unfairness is on Mr. Rowsell’s part, in imagining that he can have the security and pro tection of a patent fora number of years without paying the fees demanded by Government for such protection. With respect to the optical part of the instrument, on which Mr. Rowsell lays such stress, having been connected with photography and the manufacture of photographic apparatus since 1850, I have acquired some little knowledge of lenses and their properties. My lenses are made specially for me by one of the best houses in the trade, and both the cabinet work and lenses are far superior to any in the market.—I am, sir, yours obediently, Geo. Hare. 1, Lower Calthorpe Street, Gray's Inn Road, London. USE OF THE SOLAR MICROSCOPE IN PHOTOGRAPHY. Dear Sir,—I should consider it a favour if you, or any of your subscribers, could give information on the following subject. I have got a solar microscope, a rather powerful one. Could I enlarge with it, and what small objects are most suitable for the purpose 1 As I see no mention made of the solar microscope in the catalogues of the London opticians, I should be very glad to know where I could purchase slides for it; I mean objects already prepared, either photographed or otherwise.—Yours very truly, J. A. Reed. [The earliest developed photographs were produced by means of the solar microscope. Perhaps some of our readers may be able to give our correspondent some hints.— ED.] THE CONDUIT STREET EXHIBITION. Sir,—Your correspondent, Mr. William Brooks, in the last weeks News (January 7th), whilst, on the whole, giving great praise to the hanging committee, and their endeavours to please all their contributors, complains that his pictures were hung too low to be seen to advantage. One of their duties, which he does not seem to think requires consideration, was that all those who were members of the Society, and paid a subscription every year, should have their works of art, if worthy of a good position, attended to first of all. If Mr, Brooks will kindly allow his name to be proposed as a member, and so help to pay the expenses of exhibiting, he will have a still greater claim next time to be hung
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