New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-09
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ENGRAVING AFTER PHOTOGRAPHY.

ENGhANlNt Afikh PHOTOGRAPHY.
To Ne EdnO~ Of n. " " p1s..
HIs: Under the head Of Photography in highly
interesting article entitled Industry invvp,ius sni
Discoveries which appeared in Tss rnSr,r of
Wsdpe,d.y FEB ~ the writer has fallen in.c gravs
error which Is calculated 10 do sres, pjastses 10
vor,bv Young American isroverer, asd 20 s.r.o,,y
in;u.e him in hi. business otercsis aud rgbts We
,hs,,sore desire that YOU publish the following sss,s
men, Of facts, sud thus set the matter renL ~.
.",.,y of a .uccessful process, By means OF wh'sh
ob;,cfs NAV be photographed cbeaYly ard quay %
ycod .tr.l cs pp.r snd ether surfaces used ser
srgr,yng . Aue 10 Mr.. Robert Price of Worcesers
ses, ,,as,sd p%s HIM FOR ri. discovery daring the ps&
wear IN the United States, France and Eng'sca. .ns
first application OF Prices process was hsas y
A. Prentss Of Worcesier, who engraveo INC 49,
picture. Mr. Lvsrmcr~, . bookseller, having w.
suggested dsgueueosypIng or wood. s proper Dc
Of experiment 10 the young dscovcsr, VINO, stsh
many months devoted 20 experiment, achsyed corn
ple,e success, where had been decided 10 %
imp, ssihl.. The iuSTations for pr. j. Marisu sne
late annual address Ton "slyer Suiures J. beicfo
the New.York Academy of Medicine, prepared
by this process which the hrst application cf 20
Illustrate scientific subject. The success IN tAis
was 90 complete ~ 10 demonstrate its entire appea.
bity 10 the mcet difficult and delicate see,ssse n
every department Of illustration II Price yscce.s
and not the entirely different OF Paul ireescn
of Vienna" ss stated BY the writer that wii De ep-
Explorations IN California, nov in course 81 repnb.
'hcatien, by Childs a Peterson of Phiadephia.-
By this process " the desigue viii DO photogrephe4
" from the living object directly on wood Col fre-
mont portrait will be deposited immediately On The
see plate 10 be engraved thus insuring perfectly
accurate likeness the birds viii b. Illustrated
from carefully prepared specimens, psotcgrssphed
directly On the wood and the portraits Of diAiA.
gushed aborignes ard other remark able pcrsooa9es
will b. produced with the same fidelity by PrSees
process, arrangements having recently been msdo
by Us with Col. Fremont and Childs & Petsrson, 70
that effect
The following IL DESCRIPTION of Mr. Prices psoeess,
showing what il is and this statement may perhaps
prevent mistakes as 10 its originality heres Ter;
II simply consists Of preparing the wocden blocks
first OF all with thin solution OF asphaltum or bits.
men, ether and ampblsck. rubbed into the pores Of
Z" the wood" Thus ethereal solution Of asphalt y put
on the surface of the block with srag. brush or spoass,
and then some fine lsmpback is also rubbed m drys
the surface of the block is aftcrward polished On .
cushion, when it acquires smooth, jetback, glossy
appearance. After this it is treated by the common
Photographic process-namely coated With couodacn
rendered sensitive by nitrate Of silver, then pat into
the camera the picture taken then tIed and dried In
the usual manner. The whole of this procees--pSe.
pairing the block and taking the picturedoes not oc.
cupy more than ten minutes Of time.
BRIGHTLY. WATERS Co.. New'foh.