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May 29, 1868.] THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. 261 painted to rival the photograph in its own walk, but they are cold and unsatisfactory. Photography is obviously doing good service to painting, by educating the public eyo to the beauty of simply an accurate copy of nature. A picture to please now must have the forms of trees, rocks, mountains, and clouds given with truth, and with neither the slovenliness nor the exaggeration that would formerly pass muster. The forms of rocks and mountains, as drawn by Turner, are sometimes perfectly ludicrous. Ruskin would have us believe in Turner as we would in a prophet. I have surprised some of his worshippers by showing them prints from Turner and photographs from the same point of view. If I have ever sufficient leisure, I intend to illustrate the “ untruthfulness of Turner ” by a series of photographs con trasted with his prints. I suspect that pre-Raffaelitism owes much to photography, or may even possibly spring from it, though its disciples would not willingly admit as much. Post-photography might pro bably more accurately describe this style of art than pre- Raffaelitism. PHOTOGRAPHIC PIRACY. On Friday last, at Marylebone Police Court, Thomas Wilson, stationer, &c., of 90, High-street, St. John’s Wood, was sum moned for “that ho did on the 12th of May wrongfully sell divers repetitions, copies, and imitations of a photograph of eminent persons, about 500 in number, of which Frederick Holland Mare is the registered author and proprietor, under the 25th and 26th Victoria, cap. 68, contrary to the statute,” &c. Defendant having pleaded not guilty, Mr. Besley, barrister, said that he appeared on behalf of Mr. Mare, a photographer, of Grafton Street, Dublin, of whom Messrs. Ashford, of Newgate Street, are his London agents. An assistant of Mr. Ashford’s, on the 5th inst., entered de fendant’s shop, and purchased two copies of “ Eminent Persons,” which were piracies from the original. A letter was then sent to the defendant on the subject, cautioning him not to sell any more of them, as by so doing he was laying himself open to a prosecution under the Copyright Act, and called upon him to make some moderate compensation, give an ample apology, and promise not to deal in any more of the spurious copies, and also to givo the name of the parties from whom he had the copies. Defendant: That letter was not sent to me. Mr. Bosley: It must have been received, or else, by the ordi nary process of the Post-office business, it would have been returned. However, on the 12th of May, the same person in Mr. Ashford’s employ again went to Mr. Wilson’s shop and purchased two other copies ; and after this Mr. Bird, the solicitor by whom I am instructed, wrote a second letter to the defendant, tolling him that ho was infringing the copyright of the “ Eminent Persons” published by Mr. Mare, of Dublin. Of this no notice was taken. Mr. Ashford was selling the print at the rate ot 70 to 100 dozen per day, and of course it must bo a very valuable source of profit to Mr. Mare. Proceedings were in process against a person of the name of Ordish, who is the party most to blame, he being the person who is getting up these copies from the original. If his worship would look at the original and the copy through the magnifying glass, he would find that there was a defect in the letter “ y” at the foot of the picture, clearly showing that they both could not have been from the same plate. Ho must say in justice to the com plainant that he could not be considered as the most culpable person, but the printer, against whom proceedings were being taken. The defence he has set up, however, is not altogether a very creditable one, for he sets forth that ho had purchased them from Mr. Bowling, of Cheapsido. Mr. Bowling was there, and would tell his worship that ho had only supplied the de fendant with six copies of the originals, he (Mr. Bowling) having obtained them from Messrs. Ashford, of Newgate Street. It must appear to his worship as conclusive of the defendant’s infringement of the law when ho (the learned gentleman) pointed out to him that all copies supplied by Messrs. Ashford boro on the back “ Ashford, Brothers, 76, Newgate Street,” whilst on those bought at defendant’s shop there was no name or address. Evidence in corroboration of this statement having been adduced, Mr. Besley, in conclusion, said their object was not to press for punishment, but only that a nominal fine should be im posed, to let the trade know that, though they were not the actual printers and publishers of pirated copies, they had no right to sell them. Mr. Yardley inflicted a fine of Is. and costs. Aroreediugs of Societies, North London Photographic Association. The closing meeting before the summer recess was held on the evening of Wednesday, May 20th; Mr. G. Shadbolt in tho chair. The minutes of a previous meeting were read and confirmed. Mr. G. Wharton Simpson exhibited a couple of prints by Mr. Pouncey’s new process, produced in printing ink, direct from the negative, with satisfactory rendering of half-tone. A conversation on the subject followed. The chairman expressed his conviction that a decided advance had been made. Mr. Simpson explained that the process was patented; but,,so far as he know the method, it consisted in coating paper with a preparation of printing ink and a sensitive agent, such as bichromate of potash. This was exposed to the light under a negative. After the proper exposure the print was placed in a solvent of the printing ink, which removed all the parts not acted upon by light. Mr. Simpson also showed a series of interiors taken by Mr. Jabez Hughes, with Dallmeyer’s No. 1 triple lens. Some of these consisted of the bridal chambers of the Prince ami Princess of Wales, at Osborne, taken on plates ten inches square, show ing a largo portion of three sides of a room with every object admirably defined, the pictures being very brilliant and with great relief. The lens used, having an equivalent focus of a fraction under eight inches, the pictures included an angle on the base lino of about sixty-four degrees, and on the diagonal of nearly eighty degrees. A beautiful interior of St. Mary’s Church, at Ryde, on a 10x8 plate, with the same lens, was also much admired. Mr. Simpson also showed an enlarged print by Mr. Stewart, with his now solar camera, printed out, on albumenized paper, in an hour. Also, some very fine specimens on a new sample of enamelled paper, of which Messrs. Harvey, Reynolds, and Fowler are the agents. Mr. Collis exhibited a series of fine views in Wales, taken with Ross’s 10X8 triple lens, on 10x12 plates. Also,some with the lens of 8'4 focus, and some with the lens of 9-4 focus, in cluding an angle of 60° degrees on the base line and 66° on the diagonal. These were very much admired. Mr. Foxlee exhibited a small camera designed by himself and made by Mr. Hare, for the purpose of taking fifteen “postage stamp ” portraits on one plate. There were five small double combination lenses in a row, and by two repeat movements three rows of images were produced in succession. The Chairman exhibited some fine stereoscopic negatives and prints by Dr. Kemp’s new dry process. Mr. Mainwaring exhibited some prints fixed by different agents. Since listening to the paper on fixing by the sulpho cyanides at tho last meeting he had tried some experiments. He had tried a saturated solution of common salt which he thought answered. Ho had tried cyanide which destroyed the prints. He had tried a mixture of cyanide and hypo, 1 grain of the former ami 4 drachms of the latter in 12 ounces of water, and this appeared to him to fix as satisfactorily as a strong solution of hypo. Tho Chairman referred to early fixing experiments with common salt, bromide of potassium, &c. The real difficulty with any agent which formed an insoluble salt of silver was to get rid of the final traces of it from the print. The great beauty of hypo—if it had any beauty—was that when once the salts of silver were in solution in it they never again, whatever degree of dilution were used, became insoluble. After some further conversation on the subject the Chairman remarked that it was somewhat unfortunate that the specimens brought by Mr. Mainwaring were all more or loss stained and discoloured. Mr. Mainwaring said that ho had done the whole thing in a hurry and not with the care necessary to secure perfect results, as ho had not intended at first to mention the subject to the Society, his chief object being to satisfy himself.
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