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560 THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. [November 20, 1863 * “ Extract from Miss Met yard's letter, 2nd Nov. 1863. « Dear Sir,—You may with safety refer the first experiments in photo graphy to as early a date as 17S0 or 1791. In the latter year I find Thomas Wedgewood(third surviving son of Josiah Wedgewood), sending his camera to Birmingham to be mended ; ordering silver cylinders, solid in form, highly polished, and turned on a lathe ; and desiring to have sent him a coil of silver wire of extraordinary fineness. He has also common barometer tubes blown with a bulb. “ The first process seems to have consisted in laying the nitrate of silver upon paper, and then, by means of the camera obscura and the solar rays acting on the paper, a perfect impression was obtained of any object in half a second ; but the image soon faded on exposure to light, and after a while disappeared. Subsequent improvements were made, but the result was not satisfactory, even at a later date, when Sir II. Davy assisted in these ex periments. Hence, all early photographs have a faded appearance—a defect probably due to the quality of the chemical agents employed, rather than to a want of manipulative dexterity. This and other chemical experi ments were extraordinary, considered relatively to a youth of 18 or 19 years of age, and the then somewhat early stage of philosophical knowledge and analytical training. But even before this, there can be no doubt that young Wedgewood, and his father’s resident chemist, Alexander Chisholm (who entered the elder Wedgewood’s service in 1781), had worked together in pleasant companionship, and we may very reasonably assume that the two photographs in your possession were the results of this companionship ift science. One of the photographs is undoubtedly a representative picture of the breakfast-table at Etruria Hall, as we see upon it articles of jasper ware, adorned with cameo-work of the usual kind. “Thomas Wedgewood, who died, I think, in 1805, was a wonderful man. His philosophical and metaphysical theories were as profound as they were far in advance of his time ; and it is said that, in relation to light and heat, he anticipated some of the discoveries of our own age. " This is all 1 can tell you. I am neither a philosopher nor a chemist; so please pardon whatever may be incorrect in this statement, though, as far as facts are concerned, it is pretty accurate. I write, too, in a hurry to save time. « In January, upon my return from Liverpool, I may be better able to add to your knowledge. “Please consider this as private, except to your Society; for my crude statement is worth nothing, except for the truth of its few facts. “I am, dear Sir, Angelica “ Kauffman*, De Loutherboury], and others supplied the originals; but they little thought what use was going to be made of them. “ Mr. B. says, needs no answer.” " I now send you the other transfers on paper which I bought of Mr. Shread, the auctioneer. «If you require to see some of these oil copies, I know where there are two ; but I should think there are many in London.” No. 25. « 9th July 1863. “You startle me very much about the lady who is writing the Life of Josiah Wedgewood. “In all the correspondence I have, there is no mention whatever of Wedgewood in connection with the picture manufacture, or with Matthew Boulton or Eginton on picture business, except when W. buys a picture. If she has the invoice of this camera made out in Josiah Wedgewood’s name, thus:— " 177 Mr. Josiah Wedgewood June 9 Bought of John One Camera with Slide, Lense, &c. complete in Oak frame £ ’ “Soho, 8 Jany., ’82. “ Mr. Barney, Cr. 2 Finishing a Time and Cupid £3 3 0 || ,, Cupid struggle to recover his arrows 73 | 6 3 13 6 “ Hebe—finishing or retouch.? 0 10 G ♦♦Mr. Boulton’s Stratonice 15 15 0 .. f Wise Men’s Offering 2 2 0 TT t Graces Dancing 110 tfTrenmor & Juibica 5 5 0 Null 2 Circles, Cupid Triumphant & Cupid bound to a Tree Charg’d before. 22 Return of Telemachus 7 7 0 Il Trenmor 3 3 0 5 Time and Cupid 3 3 0 "Edtd. in his Book at Soho, thder the date the 31st Xr. 1781.—J. II.” I should indeed be astonished ; but I believe that the camera I so unfortu nately gave to Mr. John Powell was unique—the very first ever made, and made at Soho under the direction of Matthew Boulton and the members of the Lunar Society. “ This lady must be careful in not confounding the original Wedgewood ♦ “Mrs. Angelica Kauffman presents her compts to Mr. Boulton, acquaints him that, according to his desire, she has done the little Picture which is to be a companion to the Penelope. It represents “ Calypso mournful after the departure of Ulysses.* “ Mrs. Angelica flatters herself that Mr. Boulton will approve of it, as she has finished it with all possible care. “ London, “ Golden Square.” “ June the 12, 1778.” “ Mr. B. say’d he had seen her since she wrote the above.” f “ Sir,—J had the plaisir to receive your two letters and would have had the satisfaction to answer them immiedatly had j not been in the country, j also receive your draught of 15 15s. and shall have the plaisir of letting you know when j have received the payement of it. Mr. Picot in my absence has delivered your Picture to Mr. Mattheus else j should with plaisir have send it to you according your direction, j shall remain till the later end of 7bris at Shooters hill, and if as j hope you are pleased with your litie picture and will, according to what you was pleased to tell me, want some more, j should take it as a favour if you will lett me know soon and direct your letters to me at Shooters hill opposite the Bull, Kent, and j will make all spead j can to lett you have the remaining picture soonest possible, j am with regard “Sir “Your most obidieent Servant “ De Loutherbourg. “ Shooters hill, 17 August 1777.” “ — Boulton Fothergill, Esqrs. "Soho, near Birmingham." with his sons. One of his sons, we well know, tried photography with Davy.* “lam beginning to feel jealous about it, and shall anxiously be.1ooking out for the work; it is sure to be interesting. “ I shall endeavour to go over to Trentham to-morrow, without Mr. Powell, and feel about for the desired curiosity. “ Trentham is close to the Potteries, where Wedgewood’s home and works are ; but I feel convinced they have got the wrong parties. They have got hold of Davy and Wedgewood, not Boulton and Wedgewood. You may depend upon it this secret was allowed to die out with the deaths of Eginton and the Lunatics, and all traces of it were destroyed at the instigation of the Royal Academy and some members of the Government. “ In my old letter-books hundreds of pages have been torn out, besides many erasures. « Wedgewood, the great potter, belonged to the Lunar Society, and would, consequently, know about the sun pictures; he had four sons, all of them clever. The father would naturally instruct his children in the discoveries of Boulton and the Lunatics: hence Wedgewood and Humphrey Davy trying their hands at it.” No. 27. “ 7th Aug., 1863. “ I regret to tell you, I cannot find out anything about the camera. At Trentham there is no one that can recollect it. The man who prepared the inventory of Powell’s effects assures me it was not included, and he never saw it. I am fearful it is gone, although Powell says he hopes to trace it. “The pictures Mr. Hamilton refers to are two curious paintings by Loutherbourg ; they were sold by auction at our Auction-rooms at Birming ham, and were described as the products of the process of Boulton and Watt. This was directly after those articles appeared in the Birmingham papers.” Extract from Mr. Edward Frieds letter, dated November 1st, 1863. “Ido not believe that Davy and Thomas Wedgewood were really the dis coverers of photography. I still maintain that the art of taking sun pictures emanated from the Lunar Society, of which Josiah Wedgewood was a member, and by whom the secret, in all probability, was divulged to his son Thomas, who afterwards imparted it, as far as he could, to that clever philosopher Humphery Davy, and the two set to work to make something out of it, and to a certain extent exceeded. “ I am truly sorry to tell you that Mr. Powell has not yet written to mein reply to my last three notes, and he has not yet sent the photograph which he took from the old camera. “I believe he is now in the Potteries, about Trentham, Burslem, &c.,hunt- ing after the missing relic, and I trust it will turn up after all. 1 shall write him by this night’s post, to tell him to write to you direct in time for Tuesday. “ As to a picture coloured in oil by Eginton, I beg to say that I will send you one copied from the celebrated picture of Murillo's ‘The Good Shepherd,’ or the ‘ Infant Jesus.’ I think the original is atthe National Gallery. You will observe that it is reversed; for instance, the crook is in the hand on the opposite side to where it is in the original. This picture has been engraved over and over again; and a very good impression is in ‘ Family Devotions ’ (published some years ago by Tallis), vol. ii. p. 124. “ This copy of Eginton’s was given to me by the sister-in-law of Matthew Robinson Boulton, and I will let you have it, to enable you to see how they finished their work. “ I have also two other oil paintings, copies of Eginton’s ‘ Cupid being bound by the Graces,’ and the other ‘ Cupid being drawn in a Chariot by the Graces.’ They are both finished in oil; but they are reverses. “ If you want these, you must please telegraph soon in the morning, as they are not at home, but at my mother’s. “ Yours sincerely, “ Edward Price.” t “ W’hampton Sep. “ Mr. Hodges, 22d, 1781. “ Sir,—After considering the great risk you will run in sending the pic ture by the Coach, with the uncertainty even of its being dry against the time fixed, I conclude it of much less consequence that I should bestow a few days more in rendering the Picture I am now at work on equal to the Original, than to have one totally spoiled in the carriage and the inten tion of the whole order frustrated thereby. I have therefore sent you the Original as a companion to the other, and you may depend on having the remaining picture returned to you equal to either of the former, and I shall have the satisfaction of compleating my part of the order in due time. If these pictures are not sent, away till moi'day, there should be some while of egg given to the Time & Cupid, has it is scaresly dry enough to bear the Carriage. " Please, if you can, to return by the bearer the Time & Cupid which is to be painted for Mr. Boulton, with the Circle of the Graces breaking Cupid's bow for Mr. Wedgwood. “I am, Sir, your obt St. “Josh. Barney.” “ Mr. Jon. Hodges, Soho." 2 “ This was a bad damaged finish’d piece—but repainted and mended for Mr. Boulton. II “This from an impression for Mr. Wedgwood. 5 “ This on copper finished by somebody, but retouched by Mr. Barney for Mr. Boulton. ♦♦ “This remains unaccounted for—to be settled by him and Mr. Boulton, tt “ These retouch’d in places only. JI “ This finished very highly from an impression being intended in lieu of an Original one sent Clarke & Green thro’ shortness of Time. 22 “ This finish’d from the plain forordr. Capt. D. A r. II i; “ This finish’d from an impression. 11 “ This do. do. do.”
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