Anthony's photographic bulletin for .. . should bethe life of the club, full of suggestions and full of energy. Only with such a secre-tary can a club retain enthusiasm. The California Camera Club is a good exampleto follow. Americans intending to exhibit at the Bristol (Eng.) International PhotographicExhibition, to be held December 14, 1896, to January 23, 1897, should note that ap-plications must reach the Secretary, Mr. M. Lavington, 20 Berkeley square, Clifton,Bristol, Eng., not later than November 1st, and that all exhibits must be sent so asto reach Bristol not later than December 1st.
Anthony's photographic bulletin for .. . should bethe life of the club, full of suggestions and full of energy. Only with such a secre-tary can a club retain enthusiasm. The California Camera Club is a good exampleto follow. Americans intending to exhibit at the Bristol (Eng.) International PhotographicExhibition, to be held December 14, 1896, to January 23, 1897, should note that ap-plications must reach the Secretary, Mr. M. Lavington, 20 Berkeley square, Clifton,Bristol, Eng., not later than November 1st, and that all exhibits must be sent so asto reach Bristol not later than December 1st. We have a supply of entry blankswhich we shall be pleased to mail to intending exhibitors. °~o>«>4oo Photographers desirous of joining the photographic society of their town andnot being familiar with the address of the secretary and other details should writeus for information. The Central Camera Club, of the Brooklyn Y. M. C. A., held their first com-petitive exhibition of prints on September 21st to 28th. 348. THE OLDEST PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT. \ PORTRAIT of Cardinal dAmboise, made in 1824 by NicephoreXiepce, is said by Mr. T. Bolas to be in existence. It is a photo-gravure made likely by the bitumen process. It was in 1813 and 1816that Xiepce began to experiment with sensitive varnishes. Thesevarnishes he spread upon lithographic stones and metal plates. Hisfirst attempts were to copy music written on paper, the latter madetranslucent by waxing. His cameras of 1816 he called artificialeyes. One of them is now preserved in the museum of Chalons-sur-Saone. He first called his process Heliographie, as he worked onlyin sunshine; but he soon found that light acted only as light, and healtered the name to Photographic This change of name was madein 1816. Before the end of 1817 he had experimented with variousvarnish materials, also yellow phosphorus and chloride of silver, assubstances sensitive to light. Early in 1826 the Paris optician, CharlesChevalier, made an improved
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