provements in the Method of Producing Combined Photographic and Colour Printed Prints.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 19th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 23rd Jan., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Improvements in the Method of Producing Combined Photographic
and Colour Printed Prints.
I, WILHELM SCHMEER, of No. 9, Sulzbach Strasse, St. Johann an der Saar,
in the Kingdom of Prussia, Photographer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
In certain branches of photography such as the production of costume pictures
of stage actors, naval and military officers and the like wearing uniforms or fancy
costumes, it is not always convenient for the person to appear in the costume which
he would prefer the figure of the body to be reproduced, and various methods have
been adapted to overcome this difficulty, amongst which is the production of a
large quantity of body pictures without the head, and afterwards adding the head
thereto by pasting one on to the print. Another well known method is, to photo-
graph the head or other part of the body on to an existing photograph and print
copies of the whole as one entire picture.
This invention refers especially to the production of pictures in which several
figures or colours may or are required to be introduced, such as fancy dress costumes,
soldiers and like uniforms where the head only is required to give an individuality
or true likeness of the person or persons photographed.
This new process or method consists in a novel combination of printing and
Before the paper
photography and may be accomplished in the following manner.
on which it is intended to take a definite positive picture has been sensitized, or
otherwise prepared by the usual photographic process, the paper is submitted to
one of the usual printing processes for either black or colours, for the body portion
of the picture, a blank space being left for the head, or if more figures are on the
same picture a corresponding size or space or number of spaces are left for the
heads.
The paper is then treated in a manner to sensitize same for photographic purposes,
and afterwards placed in the frame for printing in the head or heads.
It will be obvious that only that part of the paper on which the head or heads
to be photographed is to be sensitized, or in place of paper, an extra plate may be
placed in the camera cut out in such a way that the light cannot fall upon the parts
which have been printed on before.
Photographs taken on paper prepared in this way result in an entirely even
picture, rendering it difficult to detect the joining between the printed and photo-
graphed portion of the picture, and as the greater portion of the picture is prepared
by colour or other press printing, the expense for photographic plates is considerably
reduced, they being only required of such size as to be large enough for the head
or heads.
Glass or other material which can be printed or photographed upon may be
utilized, by subjecting the said material to the same combined process, by which
process the producing of quantities of pictures may be obtained which are only
partly identical with each other, by first printing the parts in which they are
identical on paper, glass or other material, and afterwards treating a portion of the

page_text: material to one of the: usual methods of rendering it sensitive to the light, and
photographing the vacant part for completing, the: print.
Dated this 21st day of February 1896.
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.
Improvements.in the Method. of. Producing Combined Photographic
and Colour Printed. Prints.
I. WILHELM SCHMEER, late of No. 9, Sulzbach Strasse, St. Johann an der
Saar; in the Kingdom of Prussia, Photographer, now of No. 17 Wildunger Strasse
Bockenheim, near Frankfurt O.M. Germany do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described. and ascertained.in.and by the following statement :-
In certain branches of photography such as the production of costume pictures
of stage actors, naval and military officers and the like, wearing uniforms or fancy
costumes, it is not always convenient for the person to appear in the costume in
which he would prefer the figure of the body to be reproduced, and various methods
have. been adapted to overcome this difficulty, amongst which, is the production
of a large quantity of body pictures without the head, and afterwards adding the
head thereto by pasting one on to the print.. Another well known method is, to
photograph the head or other part of the body on to an existing photograph, and
print copies of the whole as one entire picture:
This invention refers especially to the: production of pictures.in which several
figures or colours may or are required to be introduced, such as fancy dress costumes,
soldiers and like uniforms where the head only is required to give an individuality
or true likeness of the person or persons photographed.
This new process or method consists in a novel combination of printing and
photography, and may be accomplished in the following manner. Before the paper
on which it is intended to take a definite positive picture has been sensitized, or
otherwise prepared by the usual photographic process, the paper is submitted to
one of the usual printing processes for either black or colours, for the body portion
of the picture, a "blank space being left for the head, or if more figures are on the
same pictures, a corresponding size of space. or. number of, spaces are left for the
heads.
The paper is then treated in a manner to sensitize same for photographic purposes,
and afterwards placed in the frame for printing the head or heads.
It will be obvious that only that part of the paper on which the head or heads
to be photographically printed is to be sensitized, or that a special plate be prepared
in such a manner that the light cannot penetrate or pass through the plate except
the portion or portions of the negative containing the. head or heads, thereby on
exposing the sensitized portion to the. light through the prepared negative, the
head or heads and such parts only is or are printed on the paper or the like
required to complète the picture for giving an individuality or true likeness of the
person or persons dressed in the costume or uniform desired.
Photographs taken on paper prepared in this way result in an entirely. even
picture, rendering it difficult to detect the joining between the printed and photo-
graphed portion of the picture, and as the greater portion of the picture is prepared
by colour or other press printing, the expense for photographic plates is considerably
reduced, they being only required of such size as to be large enough for the head
or heads.

page_text: Glass or other material which can be printed or photographed upon may be
utilized, by subjecting the said material to the same combined process, by which
process the producing of quantities of pictures may be obtained which are only
partly identical with each other, by first printing the parts in which they are
identical on paper, glass or other material, and afterwards treating a portion of
the material to one of the usual methods of rendering it sensitive to the light, and
photographing the vacant part for completing the print.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,
The method of producing prints in which one portion is prepared by the
ordinary process of black or colour printing and treating the remainder or head
unprinted portion of the paper or the like by the photographic process of sensitizing
and printing, all carried out substantially in the manner and for the purpose as
herein before set forth.
Dated this 18th day of November 1896
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.