New-York tribune., 1867-10-19
FAIR OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE,

The present Fair of the American Institute IS
the first one as we remember where anything OF interest
connected with Fine Arts has been exhibited Anew
"sampers worked worsteds or cruels as they were
anroprateIy caed-s there any place benghted that
samplers are worked hero now Ia few patch coun-
terpanes whose muttudmous, tedious, squares rounds
and bits might perhaps serve to count her
mains who broke back and strained her eyes over the
homely things; a few vases OF wax-work MOWERS ln
which the prcdOminatcd, and sentiment was as
wanting as scent ampmats, and pncushions with, per,
he put front Of itself; useless chair cover whose
want taste charity could cover these Things nave
been the fair first lighted years aeo on our elty IKE
strange aud beau ul fowl the only ones t1at could DL
the most liberal allowance bo reckoned III tne caegU2 2
OF Fine Arts. To-day however. there are seNeral mat
belonging TO this department that are OIL iea
and Importance. .
Sirst among these reckon the specimens OF Ph0to
TYPOGRAPHY prodnGSa Dy Uspre Con,napy By this
process the useful and beautu alpheatlo VI to
Invention of Dagnerre any drawing, writing engraving
or nrinfed matter anything short, made with lines as
opposed 10 ntS can be copied WIN an aoSOu1 -. h.
ness and chcaply multiplied to any extent ke{ 20 @ UY
brevity the 20 which this invention can pe Pu ~
,nent under MIR Osbones superintendenee Tor the pu
pose Of multiplying maps ana SuEeys t ali ~ drnusbtsme1
traia and 1t VIII easily be seen tnat @ a. a. @ "a H. rraf
engineers architects and shphniders must hhI great
have at present of multiplying the drawings they
uso In their business is by slow and inaccurate haho
bnincSs is transacted, many clerks have to be
specially employed. The application OF lhe IN III
ssn'ivg we Vet put T ltte employed, but in the case
OF reprints it must sooner or later we should Judge
snpersede tvpcsetting altogether In copying printed
book the COPY can be made as small as Is desired WITHOUT
the slightest degree bluTrng or confusing thS HPo P
i'm thi9 field we are promised whole operas IN so sn
COMMAS that they can go into the cOatpocket and yet
40 Clearly printed that the weakest eye follow the
score without difficulty. Newspapers mghI De c0pleu
oy TINS process handle rpd5I ' nor take up as
much room on the shelves And the same
remark applies TO extensive works such as Cyco.
pcdias National Reports, such those of the Patent
oHice and al other work IN many and large volumes.
are the artistic Of this invention less to De no
ticed and valued Every artist can now have ms wGhS
repeated in such way that the copy VIII 90 nun t @
either actually msrepresent him or negatively 1a 10 re-
port him All that is necessary Is for him To copy ms pc
ture himself with pen and ink wch every Hrilss M so
know how TO in drawing and then have TINS drawing
Was6ipgton %cmnot cannot tell a lie" The best illus.
tration this statement we can Ofcr 10 those interested
in " Dores DO SSs Bbie Here it is not enough to say
that the photohogaph copy IS as good as lne OH ga1
at s side is perhaps lbeCause carefully printed
and on India paper really better than the original dr
Osborne made tor T Sa SSnS Mnera1e o Of be Win and if
he had chosen 20 exhibit this by the side OF the Original
Clearly as in the case OF the cut by Dcre We understand
that the Company have il IN contemplation TO undertake
70 e sfies of nastraons representing ali the lead
ing names In the History of Art every painter OF note
being represented By reproductions OF one or TWO OF MS
most important pictures These WILL in all cases, be
taken from the best engayDgs that can be procured anu
will be published so cheapy ana OF sue SIZE that Iney
be purchased by schools, and used IN connection
with textbooks, lectures on the hUlQoCl OF AIt
Such series of illustrations Is greatly needed for acK
it, and from the mpOsSlblnty OF procuring any sups-
sStS e I0 M me sx az Il N has BEEN entirely shut out Of
schools and all efforts to introduce II have failed Of
takes long inform the general public OF the opper
tuny that offers itself by cheap and simple means,
to tighten their labor lesson their expenditure and n-
crease the of edueatiOn but, once fairy known
limit be placed to the use that will be made
it, and there ought 70 he no limit 10 our gratitude 10
those who have now put 1t within our reach
Ufah how anff I'm lp.a
photographs OF MessIs Huston Kurz, and the speci-
mems OF their work exhibited az the aiE i1ny justly our
all compared with those sent by this firm And yet the
Is little misleading for these pictures are not so
much photographs as miniature paintings porcelain
In all other specimens that have seen the photograph
tbs cSaSrc in the chemicals Of the photograph has
already seriously injured the picture such pictures as
porcelain They win ultimately fade and become worth
less either pictures or portraits In the porcelain pho
tographs taken by Huston kurz the photograph having
been fixed ON the plate is entirely renewed win
the exception OF SO much as rs Necessary @ 10 d enane
of the pafe of porcelain Is rubbed down with pumce
cloud Which cannot be removed except by still further
rubbing and this by tie aid Of stngs the artist works
up into a miniature painting. Dir. Kurz IS himself an
ihe he SyodncPs have value omte indebend
ent of the fact that they portraits Mr. Scott another
artist in Observation-Disclosures also practced painter and
bis pictures we'll worthy of praise those 10y
KuTz What is needed in all but few OF our photo
graphic establishments artistic feeling and enthusiasm
Tor Art only tlus will make good pctures-mechanism
will make them. and this is the main reason why
Messrs. Huston kurz nave outstupped all their COM
pett0rS. -
Mr.. Prang has, by his steady energy and his desire to
Improve the art put himself at the head Of all chrome
photographers in America, and believe he viii not stop
bring him SO far. But we think time now that Nr.
Prang made at least ono yearly contrlpnon TO that Gle
cordially praise the second.best We freely admit
the service that MI Prang has done already, and is all
the time DOING put pretty pictures cheapy before the
chamber thanks him for these little bits Of cheerful color
quiet incident tndt bought Win tne Small
saved frOmthe jaws Of daily expenses and many
persons OF larger means u not OF much hgner culture
now, ask him 10 try higher Hight aud work for
moro cultivated thoughtful audience. Is there lesson
10 be learned from tins fact that within three days
dealer in NaSsauSt having imported collection OF rare
and expeDsjye from early Italian and
Femsh pictures sold them almost between sunset and
;ects religOus-as would have seemed
little suited to hit the popular taste 1t their beauty
and excellence that made them sell Now Mr.. Prang
may well the public, and, at all events, he
step by reproducing some hrst-rate picture In the
very best way his means will command We
believe a flrstrate reproduction Of OF Eastman
JOhnsOns best pictures-hs "Claim Agents VISIT his
Wounded Drummer BOy"-would meet with large and
remuneravc SALE matter what II might cost 70 make
It, and every picture that Mr Johnson paints makes our
tf Mr. Prang were an ordinary workman looking out
merely for Ways and TO money and caring not
Ito would buy it should not make these remarks But
we know him 10 be something much better than this,
whose heart well as his brain Is IN his WORK ana
Il IA for this that we appeal TO him. having planted ms
feet firmly on success by hs energy ana htegeHce 10
earn st better name by producing pictures that shall
teach and elevate as well as please
IMPORTANT INVENTIONS
This Fair is model in arrangement. We
have had nothing complete 10 this country. Never
before have so many important inventions and improve
ments collected together this continent To get
complete idea must spend several days in examina
ton They who struggling to give expression to their
ideas m the form OF machinery cannot fail 70
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