The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-07
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zine printed IN coOl " r,IlSings in New
YORK city, and owing 10 tneted and the
,,nlch tue drawings were eAe 49, nlntss by
scrupulous care deloteu !" davidson, sue
80. artist reproducer MI Daltss tho ar.
~ 1,as attained in transferring 80
80 tint drawings 10 press anu ~ tp.n7ine-
the color-prlnts IRON va in the October
StI ,crss we're by the same sllIuH 49, -, a.,
entireIy satisfactory rendel'As -
striking color effects A,rs,,c, Mir
- mo christmas Century, hoWtNct -,
- - p,is nroducel four paintings tuA'
,,G,ht vol have been the despair "a -
Tkhcls. plate makers, anu pItSouliI"I 30 ,yer,.
i,usftations Travels OF tue nVu' r,ts',s |
painted as II only TO real@e ,,ta,, Tnerr
r,vn conception OF his poetic suOlec' -
! 80 mo consideration Tor any httct PlVS
/ Nlr pyle conceived aud eAecuteG ms p'un'
! iurs as he believed D'y eDoulu pC "
] ptess his own Thought lSa'lHh IN
] ,,.,rLers failure o. success, AS might A'P
The paiutngs we're delivered, aud toe |
/ ,,hlfsbers took up lAe problem or SHOWING
| them TO the pubic. IL Wus - ,ir,I,
question. an art matter u mechanlcal prop
| ttsu Iii ht one rhcy called into con
si,itsttan the EXPERTS IN all branches inc
mic spirit animated all and the battle
against circumstance hes"h
MAKING THE CoLoR.PLArES.
visit to the work rooms OF the {. l.
Wright company 10 New York city is the
arst stem in following this aIt-progress-
J Their business Is to make Photographic
nr,ntipc plates for the use Of publishing
houses Hare we hnd the men CHOSEN ~
: produce the coiorplatcs, Z, L. NHght anu
Z his partner, Nj Davidson, leHoM- ISIS
[ who take each commission as ehallenSe
I. to prove their proves, ana VINO must Sa'
s lgfy themselves that they have done their
e hest before they submit results 20 thelr Gus
toners Their trade secret Is the same
that made the great craftsmen or the Mld-
die Ages capable II unequaled results-the
D secret we all know They put their W0fk
g. into their hearts and their hearts into
o. their work This Is not "hne writing but
O. cold fact. They are as proud Of their sue
u. oessful plates as mother Is proud Of her
N hrstborn.
ID Receiving the artists work It Is first
ls photographed, and every possible resource
90 known 10 the photographer Is used 70 make
w a perfect negative. As an Instance tht
- enormous cameras are all Goatcd-supportet
Al on floating supports--so that no vibration
ov shall destroy sharpness. Sunshine. electric
ne light, are employed, as may be necessary
Sc 10 make the best negatives. From tn
negative are made the plates, with tn
ID same technical skin and ungrudging car
es Of every detail. Then four perfect plate
re- OF every subject so into the hands of Nj
rk' Davidson whose business, art. and profes
w. sion It is 70 prepare these plates for tn
~ color press
70. With the original painting before him h
ert proceeds TO take II apart. mentally. Nj
m. Davidson has won many prizes as a chess
lry expert but no chess problem ever compare
I'M. IN compieIlty with the problems such pit
lgo lures as Mr. Pyle's present He mus
0f mentally analyze each painting into 1t
os exact component colors; must see tina
,ol. every complex shade, tint and hint Of colo
Of receives ITS share OF consideration in eac
Ing First he takes up the yellow plate. Til
e. must be 50 prepared by etching, engraving
nsh Furnishing by any practicable process
i.I4f SIS rTp CHI
nd. carry Just the exact dose Of yellow Ink r.
has CURED. when combined with three othC
oLs plates similarly prepared. but yet to /
me made 70 give the finished print an exat
lere resemblance to the original painting
sub rather 70 make Il "a exact lnterpretatic
o Gt The story is told TIM an artist painting
aga merry steed on the battlefield failed aft
many attempts 10 paint the foam on h
lcse ment he flung his brush at the animal
be head-and secured the effect he had d
tive SPARED Of. Now, had this 10 be reproduce
re IN color; no accident would have avalle
by The artist may 'fee about" and try .
me. Perinents, but the plate maker must kno
oic and synthesis The malden's blush I
messy tree the mountain install must
evolved from the four plates: the cello
,rIn the red, the blue and the blacf or gra
80 And each must be made separately. wh
nest the imagination Of the maker carries frC
work Tue BEGINNING the combined effect Of
In -FOUR superimposed.
j" Not an easy task2 No, nm imposstt
I'M task, save for one born with the faculti
the and trained to their successful exercise
Rod And all this work Is done indirectly-th
- Is, not in color but In the copper surfE
ouho Of the plate. The color is not put ON, /
class the plate Is prepared to carry and lay
pub paper the exact tinge Of color required
esult combine with three others and prodr
rtlst, what Is In the mind Of the maker-wl
the was In the mind OF the artist
their Proofs are printed again and again CT
had iclsed, the faults traced to one or anotl
tin IS plate, and the corrections made
ltare PRINTING THE PLATES.
rould At last, the impossible being accc
RmGIq piished. the plates are delivered to
once printer, and then new problems arise. VI
pie has been printed once or twice on
small press In the plate-maker's roc
~ ~ ~ must now be produced by the thousa
( in from enormous presses running for no
with continuously, deposlting gallons of colo
Ruo. Ink, and using enormous piles Of anot
0n ond sort Of paper, ia different atmosphere
80 The Inks must be brought to the ez
49, consistency required to repeat the pl
49, 49, makers work. The presses must regi,