Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-10-05
Photo.3oulpture.

Tho small figures of General Grant, Adm
raj Farragut. Peter Cooper and, others (say
tho /" New York Post, = yhi,,h. have boen Q,
hibited in the Broaduat widows for a fe
weeks past, are tbearst experiments in til
new and wonde,rdt afe OF phopsc scnlptupm
This inventi-A has lately bee9 intro9ie aft
New YorE@nd it marks uey era 4, b b fs1n
Of photography 1t was naSg r., ~ ~ tho
the daguerreotype, of twenH yfss the am
hrotvne to the photograph was,eG;3 H., J""y
bnt photograpay lns madc mors,g sp" ,gh,.% %Dn nre.
COS thar ~ny style Of sun. picX viz" ,,i," ~
osS<~-it' csS aud now it tassumcs ,e" P.ase.
s'Photo- sculpture is the Auc. o, 'ne Pno.
tograph and the pantagraH reprodu9lns ., t., the
ness and com pletenes/of proportion The
Impression prin.cd uph the sensitive plate IN
the camera is ransfrcd in all its details to
plastic clay, ard mv then be re cast and re-
duplicated in plasyf, parian or bronze. The
| process, is ''escribh as follows: The opera
ting room diflerdrom others Of its kind in
tic fact that it's CIRCULAR, with m archcd
glass roof overload. tn the ccntre of this
rotuntia there is raised circular platform, up
on which the sitter is placed. Ills seat is in
the exact centre of the room, which is ascer-
taincd and assured by q plumS line falling
from the centre Of cupola above. IL this line
could descend to the surface of the platform,
it would touch point from which radbte
twenty four lines. marked in black, pointing
to the centres or twenty four cameras. set ut
equal distances from each other in the circu
lar wall. In An Instant twenty four little duors
are opened. and in n few moments the figure
of the subject is printed upon ns many plates
The dnors then are closed simultaneously v, aud
the sitter d-sccndS from his perch. So far
as he is concerned, there is nothing more to
be done,
But twenty four pictures Of his fgarc have
been taken. and eaen of these gives profile
view of one part Of the entire circumference
Of his bndy; each differing from the other.
The work Of the p,nt,graph now h,.ius =
There are twenty four different proflk ot the
subject, all of small Dimensions and It is de-
sired to have Il statute the full size OF life.
At once the little pictures by menus an!nmnn
IN p'ot"grapy are increased to til" required
dimensions. Each Of these is fastened to he
wall. and numberel from one to twrn'y.fnur
O" table near them Is mass of so'i clay
which is f,shinnca somewhat in the sIr D.. Of
the statue to bc malc. Holding in his hand
one end Of tn" ptntagraph. the operator he
gins to follow the outlines nr the profile nt
the picture number one. hy means Of the ma
chncry of the instrument so that pr rsrly
the same outline is marked, or rather cut. in
the soft clay; aud ns the operator CUES on
from one to twenty tour. following the outline
of the profile in each. he makes the circuit of
the entire mass Of clay, and produces an CT
act .fisc sim1r Of the modrl
1t is impossible to imagine the limits to the
use Of this nrt, CIR it may he applied to every
form Of Architectural aud monumental ornn-
ment AMI mechanical design, as well as to the
of the human figure. 1t h been
contcndra that it will be an injury to art, and
that the sculptor mny close his studio or seek
another channel for his genius but what
proved true of the dagucrreotypr, the anbro-
type and the photograph in their relation tu
portrait painting, will be doubly true cf pho
osculpture in its relation to the plastic art
1t may spoil the market for bad artists, but
it will bc an Invaluable assistance to men of
real genius.