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FRY’S
ARGENTIC BROMIDE
ENLARGEMENTS
“ARE LIKE FINE ENGRAVINGS.”—British Journal of Photography.
“ARTISTIC IN THE HIGHEST DEGREE.”—Court Circular.
Enlarging and Finishing upon PAPER.
| Dimensions of Paper in inches. | Enlargement only. | Enlargement mounted on Card. | Cut Mounts extra any shape opening. | Finishing in Monochrome. Beyond Enlargement Charge. | Finishing in water-colours and in oils. | ||||||||||
| 3rd. | 2nd. | 1st. | |||||||||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | ||||
| 8½×6½, 10×8 | 12×7, 12×10 | } | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 0 | second-class Monochrome to double first-class ditto. |
| 15 × 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
| 18 × 15 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| 20 × 16 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||
| 23 × 17 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
| 24 × 18 24 × 20 | } | 7 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 30 × 22 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 37 | 6 | |||
| 30 × 25 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 45 | 0 | |||
Enlarging and Finishing on OPAL.
| Dimensions of Opal in inches. | Enlargement only. | Finishing in Mono- chrome. Beyond Enlargement Charge. | Finishing in Water Colours and in Oils. | ENLARGEMENTS ON CANVAS. | |||||||||||
| 3rd. | 2nd. | 1st. | |||||||||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | ||||
| 8½ × 6½, | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | to | 30 | 0 | PRICES ON APPLICATION. | |
| 10 × 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ″ | 36 | 0 | ||
| 12 × 7½ 12 × 10 | } | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ″ | 45 | 0 | |
| 15 × 12 17 × 10½ | } | 7 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ″ | 45 | 0 | |
| 18 × 15 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ″ | 50 | 0 | ||
| 20 × 16 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ″ | 70 | 0 | ||
| 24 × 18 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ″ | 70 | 0 | ||
FULL PRICE LISTS OF
DRY PLATES, BROMIDE PAPERS, ENLARGEMENTS,
CHEMICALS, CARD MOUNTS, &c., &c.,
FREE ON APPLICATION TO
SAMUEL FRY & CO.,
5, Chandos St., Charing Cross, LONDON, W.C.
Works: KINGSTON-ON-THAMES. Telegraphic Address: “ENLARGEMENTS, LONDON.”
FOR THE ARTISTIC DECORATION OF THE HOME,
VISIT THE
AUTOTYPE FINE ART GALLERY,
74, NEW OXFORD STREET
(20 doors west of Mudie’s Library).
SPLENDID COPIES OF THE OLD MASTERS, from the most celebrated Galleries of Europe.
REPRODUCTIONS OF MODERN PAINTINGS, from the Luxembourg, “The Salon,” Royal Academy, &c.
DELIGHTFUL LITTLE PICTURES, elegantly framed, after Bartolozzi, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Romney, and the Great English Portraitists.
TURNER’S “LIBER STUDIORUM,” with Notes by Stopford Brooke, M.B.
A Pamphlet, “AUTOTYPE: A Decorative and Educational Art.” Four Illustrations—Description of Autotype—Suggestions for Pictures and Framing, &c. Free by Post.
AUTOTYPE BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS.
The Autotype Company offer their services to Authors and Publishers to produce by the Autotype Process, Book Illustrations of the highest excellence of any subjects capable of being photographed.
Among the WORK RECENTLY DONE may be cited Wyon’s “Great Seals of England;” Dr. Crookshank’s “Micro-Photographs of Bacteria;” “Famous Monuments of Central India,” for Sir Lepel Griffin, K.C.S.I.; “Facsimiles of Early Italian Engravings,” for the Trustees of the British Museum; “The Palæographical Society’s Fasciculus for 1888;” “Illustrations for the Journal of the Hellenic Society,” Lindt’s “New Guinea,” &c., &c.
RECENTLY PUBLISHED.
Idylls of the Norfolk Broads.
By P. H. Emerson, B.A., M.B. Twelve Plates by Auto-Gravure, in handsome Portfolio, with Descriptive Letterpress.
Proofs on India Paper (limited to 150) £1 11s. 6d.
Prints on Plate Paper £1 1s. 0d.
Prospectus on application.
Old Paris.
Ten Etchings by C. Méryon. Reproduced on Copper by the Auto-Gravure Process, and accompanied with Preface and Illustrative Notes by Stopford A. Brooke, M.A. The Plates are attached, by the upper edge, to Whatman Paper cut-out Mounts, and enclosed in an elegant Portfolio. Price Three Guineas.
THE AUTOTYPE COMPANY,
74, NEW OXFORD STREET, LONDON, W.C.
MORGAN & KIDD,
INVENTORS OF THE
ARGENTIC-GELATINO-BROMIDE PROCESS
The Standard Method of Producing Permanent Enlargements and Contact Prints.
PRICE LIST OF THE ARGENTIC-GELATINO-BROMIDE PAPERS.
POSITIVE PAPER.—For Enlarging and Printing direct from the Negative.
| Size. | 1-doz. | Size. | 1-doz. | ½-doz. | Size. | 1-doz. | ½-doz. |
| 4¼ × 3¼ | (2-dz.) 1/3 | 10 × 8 | 3/- | — | 23×17 | 12/6 | 6/9 |
| 6½ × 4¾ | 1/3 | 12½×10½ | 4/6 | 3/- | 25×21 | 18/6 | 10/- |
| 8 × 5 | 1/9 | 15½×12½ | 7/- | 4/- | 30x23 | 24/6 | 12/6 |
| 8½ × 6½ | 2/3 | 18 ×15 | 9/6 | 5/3 | 30×25 | 26/6 | 14/- |
In Rolls of 20 ft., 17 in. wide, 12s.; 25 in. wide, 17s. 6d.; and 30 in. wide, 21s. The Positive Paper can also be had with a rough surface, same price; but in all cases, unless rough is specially ordered, smooth is sent.
ENLARGEMENTS,
By MORGAN & KIDD,
From good small Negatives, are full of Delicacy and Vigour,
AND
Equal to a Fine Engraving.
ARTISTIC, PERMANENT & INEXPENSIVE.
An Enlargement from a good Negative is A PICTURE AND A WORK OF ART, and is far better than a mere Photo-scrap.
MORGAN & KIDD,
Argentic=Gelatino=Bromide Works,
PARIS—29, Boulevard des Italiens. Telegrams: “Argentic, Richmond, Surrey,”
PLATINOTYPE.
THE
COLD BATH PROCESS.
The attention of Photographers is called to this beautiful process, now fully introduced. Some of the advantages are here enumerated:—
1st.—High artistic rendering both of high lights and shadows.
2nd.—Prints either vigorous or soft, either cold or warm in colour, well in command of operator.
3rd.—Prints dry up with less loss of effect than in any other process.
4th.—Short exposure required, being less than in the Hot Bath Process.
5th.—Economy, especially to large users.
No license required by users of the Patented Papers manufactured by the Company.
The Sensitized Papers are now obtainable from Agents in the principal towns.
FOR PROSPECTUS APPLY TO
The PLATINOTYPE CO.,
29, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, HOLBORN.
Council Medal and Highest Award, Great Exhibition, London, 1851,—Gold Medal, Paris Exposition, 1867.—Medal and Highest Award, Exhibition, London, 1862.—Medal and Diploma, Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876.—Medal and Diploma, Antwerp, 1878.—Gold Medal and Diploma, Paris Exposition, 1878.—Gold Medal, Inventions Exhibition, 1885.
ROSS’
Unsurpassed for Brilliancy of Definition, Flatness of Field, and Depth of Focus. Used by the leading Photographers throughout the World.
| PORTRAIT LENSES. | |||||
| IMPROVED. | |||||
| No. 3 | for Portraits | 6½×4¾ | £17 | 10 | 0 |
| ″ 3A | ″ | 8½×6½ | 26 | 15 | 0 |
| ″ 4 | ″ | 10×8 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| ″ 5 | ″ | 18×16 | 42 | 10 | 0 |
| ″ 6 | ″ | 22×18 | 54 | 0 | 0 |
| RAPID “CABINET.” | |||||
| No. 1 | for Cabinets, | 14 ft. distance | £13 | 0 | 0 |
| ″ 2 | ″ | 18 ″ ″ | 17 | 10 | 0 |
| ″ 3 | ″ | 20 ″ ″ | 19 | 10 | 0 |
| QUICK-ACTING C.D.V. | |||||
| No. 1 | for Cards, | 14 ft. distance | £5 | 15 | 0 |
| ″ 2 | ″ | 16 ″ ″ | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| ″ 3 | ″ | 19 ″ ″ | 11 | 10 | 0 |
| UNIVERSAL. | ||||||
| For Portraits, Groups, &c. | ||||||
| View | Group | Back | ||||
| No. | Size. | Size. | Focus. | Price. | ||
| 1 | 8½×6½ | 7¼×4½ | 8½ in. | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | 10×8 | 8½×6½ | 10¾ ″ | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 12×10 | 10×8 | 13½ ″ | 12 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | 15×12 | 12×10 | 16½ ″ | 16 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | 18×16 | 15×12 | 20 ″ | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 22×18 | 18×16 | 24 ″ | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 25×21 | 22×18 | 30 ″ | 55 | 0 | 0 |
| VIEW LENSES. | ||||||
| SYMMETRICAL.[A] | ||||||
| For Landscapes and Architecture. | ||||||
| No. 1 | 3×3 | 4×3 | 5×4 | 3 in. | £3 | |
| ″ 2 | 4×3 | 5×4 | 7¼×4½ | 4 ″ | 3 | 5 |
| ″ 3 | 5×4 | 7¼×4½ | 8×5 | 5 ″ | 3 | 10 |
| ″ 4 | 7¼×4½ | 8×5 | 8½×6½ | 6 ″ | 4 | 0 |
| ″ 5 | 8×5 | 8½×6½ | 9×7 | 7 ″ | 5 | 0 |
| ″ 6 | 8½×6½ | 9x7 | 10×8 | 8 ″ | 6 | 0 |
| ″ 7 | 9×7 | 10×8 | 12×10 | 9 ″ | 7 | 0 |
| ″ 8 | 10×8 | 12×10 | 13×11 | 10 ″ | 8 | 0 |
| ″ 9 | 12×10 | 13×11 | 15×12 | 12 ″ | 9 | 0 |
| ″ 10 | 13×11 | 15×12 | 18×16 | 15 ″ | 10 | 0 |
| ″ 11 | 15×12 | 18×16 | 22×18 | 18 ″ | 12 | 0 |
| ″ 12 | 18×16 | 22×20 | 25×21 | 21 ″ | 15 | 0 |
| RAPID SYMMETRICALS.[A] | |||||
| For Groups, Views, Interiors, and Copying. | |||||
| The most useful Lens for all Out-door | |||||
| Photography. | |||||
| Size of | Size of | Equivalent | |||
| View. | Group. | Focus. | Price. | ||
| 4×3 | Stereo. | 4½ in. | £4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5×4 | 4×3 | 6 ″ | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 6×5 | 5×4 | 7½ ″ | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 8×5 | 7¼×4½ | 9 ″ | 5 | 15 | 0 |
| 8½×6½ | 8×5 | 10½ ″ | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| 9×7 | 8½×6½ | 12 ″ | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| 10×8 | 8½×6½ | 14 ″ | 8 | 10 | 0 |
| 12×10 | 10×8 | 16 ″ | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 13×11 | 11×9 | 18 ″ | 11 | 10 | 0 |
| 15×12 | 13×11 | 20 ″ | 14 | 10 | 0 |
| 18×16 | 15×12 | 24 ″ | 18 | 10 | 0 |
| 22×18 | 18×16 | 30 ″ | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 25×22 | 22×18 | 34 ″ | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Ten per cent. Discount for Cash with Order.
FURTHER PARTICULARS & CATALOGUES, with Estimates, on application.
ROSS & CO., 112, New Bond Street, LONDON, W.
Steam Works—Brook Street.
JOHN J. GRIFFIN & SONS,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus.
PURE CHEMICALS.
MAKERS OF APPARATUS TO
THE ADMIRALTY, WAR DEPARTMENT, INDIAN AND
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JOHN J. GRIFFIN & SONS,
22, GARRICK STREET, LONDON, W.C.
J. H. DALLMEYER,
Optician,
25, NEWMAN ST., OXFORD ST., W.
(Removed from 19, Bloomsbury Street).
DALLMEYER’S
Photographic Lenses
Are used by all the leading Photographic Artists throughout the world, and have obtained the Highest Awards wherever exhibited.
DALLMEYER
“On the Choice and Use of Photographic
Lenses.”
EIGHTH THOUSAND. 1s.
This Pamphlet contains concise information for Selecting Lenses for any particular purposes, whether in Portraiture, Landscape, or Architectural subjects, &c., the proper use of Diaphragms, Tables of Comparative Exposures, the use of the Swing Back to the Camera, a simple Explanation of the law of Conjugate Foci, and Tables for Reduction and Enlargement.
DALLMEYER’S
New Descriptive Catalogue
Contains full particulars of all Lenses and the purposes for which they are designed; also of the latest Inventions in Photographic Lenses, viz.,
DALLMEYER’S RAPID LONG FOCUS LANDSCAPE LENS, AND
DALLMEYER’S NEW RECTILINEAR LANDSCAPE LENS.
For abridged catalogue see INSIDE OF BACK COVER.
NATURALISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY.
ST. JOHN’S HOUSE, CLERKENWELL ROAD.