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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 177 



Queries on Sir W. Keicton's Process. — Tlie 

 process of Sir W. Newton is neai-ly similar to one 

 I have successfully used for some years, and I can 

 recommend it as effective and simple. 



A difficulty I have lately found, has been with 

 mj iodized paper, which, when freshly used, is 

 well enough ; but if kept a month or two, will 

 only allow of the paper being prepared to take 

 views just before using. I should much like to 

 know how this occurs. 



If Sir W. Newton would answer the following 

 Queries, he would add to the obligations that 

 many others besides myself are under to him : 



1. What paper does he use for positives, and 

 what for negatives ? 



2. Is it not better to dissolve the silver and 

 iodide of potassium in three ounces of water each 

 instead of one (see "N. & Q.," Vol. vii., pp. 151. 

 277.) ? 



3. Is spring water fit for washing the iodized 

 paper ; if it contains either sulphate or bicarbonate 

 of lime or muriate of soda ? 



4. How long ought the iodized paper to keep 

 good ? 



5. How long should the negative paper (on a 

 moderately warm day) keep after being made 

 sensitive, before exposing to the action of light ; 

 and how soon after that should it be developed ? 



John Stewart. 

 ^ Brighton. 



Suggestion to Photographers. — The Rev. Charles 

 Forster, in his One Primeval Language (p. 96.), 

 speaks of the desirableness of obtaininsr copies of 

 two great inscriptions in the Djebel Mokatteb, — 

 one in forty-one, the other in sixty-seven lines, 

 supposed to have been written by the Israelites 

 during their exode. In the words, however, of 

 the Comte d'Antraigues, which he quotes in p. 84. : 

 " II faudroit six mois d'un travail opiniatre, pour 

 dessiner la totalite de ces caracteres." Is not this 

 a temptation to some of your photographic friends, 

 who may be turning their steps to the East during 

 the ensuing season, to possess themselves of a 

 treasure which by the application of their art they 

 might acquire almost in as many minutes ? 



Verbum sat. 



SUepTtc^ ta i^mnr cSucrte*. 



Portrait of Pope (Vol. vii., p. 180.). — I cannot 

 at this moment reply to Mr. J. Knight's Query, 

 but perhaps can correct an error in it. There 

 was no White of Derby ; but E<lward* Wright of 

 that city, was an artist of high repute. And I 

 have in my possession a portrait of Pope done by 



■ '{^Joseph was the Clirlstiaa name of the celebrated 

 painter usually styled Wright of Derby. — Ed.] 



him. On the back of this portrait Is the following 

 inscription : 



" Edward Wright, the painter of this picture, was an 

 intimate friend of Mr. Richardson, and obtained leave 

 from him to copy the portrait of Mr. Pope ; wliich 

 Mr. 11. was then painting, and had nearly finished. 

 When the outline was sketched out by E. Wright, he 

 happened to meet Mr. Pope at dinner, and on men- 

 tioning to him how he was employed, Mr. Pope said : 

 ' Why should you take a copy, when the original is at 

 your service? I will come and sit to you.' He did 

 so, and this picture was finished from Mr. Pope him- 

 self. This account I had from the late William Wright, 

 Esq., my honoured uncle, who had the picture from 

 the painter himself. At Mr. Wright's death, it came 

 to his widow, who gave it to ray brother* ; at whose 

 decease, it came to uie. 



" William Falconer, M. D., F. R. S. 



" Bath, March 21, 1803." 



The size of the picture is two feet five Inchefs 

 and a quarter by two feet one-eighth of an inch. It 

 Is a profile. It has never been engraved, and is 

 in good condition. E. AV. F. 



Bath. 



Conundrum (Vol. vl., p. 602.), — Though I can- 

 not answer the Query of Rurus, as to the manner 

 In which the species of conundrum communicated 

 by him may be designated, I beg to inclose an 

 answer to it, thinking you might perhaps deem it 

 worthy of insertion : 



Cold, sinful, sorrowful, this earth. 



And all who seek in it their rest ; 

 But though such mother gives us birth, 



Let us not call ourselves unblest. 



Though weak and earthly be our frame, 



Within it dwells a nobler part ; 

 A holy, heavenly, living flame 



Pervades and purifies the heart. 



To loving, glowing hearts in joy, 



Shall not our hearths and homes abound ? 



May not glad praise our lips employ. 



And, though on earth, half heaven be found ? 



E. H. G. 



HerlSs " Costumes Frangais" (Vol. vii., p. 182.). 

 — In answer to the Query by Pictor, Mr. Philip 

 Darell begs to state, that in the library at Cale- 

 hill there is a copy of M. Herbe's book. It is the 

 last edition (Paris, 1840), and purports to be 

 " augmentee d'un examen critique et des preuves 

 positives" &c. It begins by owning to certain 

 errors in the former edition ; in consequence of 

 which M. Herbe had travelled througli all France 

 to obtain the means of correcting them in various 

 localities. P. D. 



Calehill, Kent. 



* Thomas Falconer, Esq., of Chester. 



