The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-21 00:00:00

IS NOW OPEN,

The Corporation of Liverpool having grented the; siterwf
the late OBSERVATORY, ST. JAMES'S WALK, I lint attel
elegant Building has been erected thereon, in whisk tie
PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, the discovery of which
is ranked among the greatest scientific achievements of the
present age, is pow in DAILY OPERATION.
THE PRICE FOR EACH PORTRAIT, INCLUDING
A FRAME, IS ONE GUINEA.
JOHN RELPII, Manager.
Specimens may be seen, and Orders rese;ved. at Mr. Lt.
CET REPOSITORY OF ARTS, 100, Bold-seteet.
The Invention was recently introduced into Eaglarei, at
the ROYAL POLTTECIINIC INSTITUTION, LeNTIOIC ; an 4
the following are a few extracts from the leading Journals
relating to its merits :
(From the Mornin' Chronicle.)
When we formerly described this process, the thee regai.
site for taking a portrait was, generally speaking, about four
minutes ; but in consequence of the great improvements that
have been made, the time has been reduced to about lice a
conds on a clear day ; but during eloudy dull weather the
operation may requirefrorn a minute and a half to two minutes.
The portraits taken by this means are really extraordinary
as likenesses; they are true to nature, for nature here-is‘ber
own delineator. The features are admirably marked out and
delineated, and the likenesses at first sight are so extraordi;
nary, that they are really startling.
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inter-
eating sights it is possible to conceive is nw.eygeanttt.rsattrAcient.g
crowds daily to the Polytechnic Institution, a
The patentee has christened it the " photographic. mode Of
taking likenesses." By this process, in the incredibly short
space of five seconds, the likeness of any individual is taken
down on a piece of metal, and the portrait is a perfect fac-
simile of the sitter. It is nature herself that is called in to
be the artist, and her performance is truly astonishing,
leaving immeasurably behind it everything that human skirl
could effect

(From the Timm)
Tine PHOTOGRAPHIC MIN I ATURES,.—Tht principle has
been so far perfected as to be almost incapable of liwlier
Theimprovement. novelty attendant upon the fact of
being furnished in the short space of five seconds with a
more correct immature likeness than the most. accom-
plished artist could paint on ivory, after da.3's or laborious
study, coupled with the tinene:ss of the weather., drew
together a host of curious fashionable", atthe
teen= Institution, so many, indeed, that notw.ithstandin4
the short period of time occupied M thooperation, the room
was crowded for hours together, parties anxiously waiting
by
their turn. The apartment apovoprtat,ed for the mazjeal
process--for so it may be termed—is well calculated for this
object desired, being on the highest story of the institution.
From the roof, which is constructed of blue glass, of about
a quarter of an inch thick, a very powerful light ie obtained,
and it is so ingeniously contrived as to revolve with the sun.
on which the party whose likeness is to
In a portion of the. room, nearly in the centre,. au elevated
be
his head reclined backwards. In this po,o-
staekatenisspitl.a.oe.
with
tion the sitter is told to look into a glass box, in an opposite
direction, about five from him, in Which is placed the phdo
to be impressed with the portrait. Having done so for44tew
seconds, he descends, and in a few minutes afterwgrds a
likeness is presented to him. The likenesses which we saw
wereadmirable, and closely true to nature, beauticsancl de-
formities being alike exhibited ; tharefore those who are
ashamed of their personal appearance had better k.tiP foam i
the nt4ueliee of photography.