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About 50 years ago the chromolithograph was embossed and 

 pasted on cloth and mounted on a stretcher frame to imitate an 

 oil painting. This year three specimens were received which were 

 a big improvement over the old embossed chromo, as they were 

 printed by photomechanical methods directly upon prepared canvas 

 and embossed with the actual brush strokes of the original painting. 

 These are called facsimiles of oil paintings and resemble them very 

 closely both front and back. If framed, under glass and aged a 

 little on the back, many might be taken unawares and it is for this 

 reason, more than for the newness of the technic, that they are 

 shown. The old chromolithograph deceived a few but these printed 

 on canvas are liable to mislead many, because they have the look 

 and much of the feel of paintings in oil. 



One addition was made to the Woodbury type exhibit; it was a 

 print called Glyptotype, made by Waterloo & Sons (Ltd.), of 

 London, in 1896. In the Woodbury type process, each print had 

 to be trimmed and mounted. The Glyptotype overcame these faults, 

 the finished print being transferred directly to the paper. This is 

 a most remarkable photomechanical process, without screen or grain, 

 resembling very closely a photograph; it was slow to print, but for 

 quality it has never had an equal, but has long been discarded for 

 faster methods. 



An index, which shows the location of various exhibits of graphic 

 arts has been installed. Each class is represented by one or more 

 specimens and a brief label, which describes its history and technic. 

 Diagrams show the location in the building of the exhibits. This 

 index is a complete little exhibit of graphic arts. 



A. J. Olmsted, custodian of the section of photography, makes 

 the following report as to the collections under his charge. 



SECTION OP PHOTOGRAPHY 



The year just closing has been one of material gain and advance- 

 ment in the section of photography. The photographic press, at 

 home and abroad, has given much publicity by notices and illus- 

 trated articles describing the collections and the exhibits, as many as 

 18 full-page illustrations being used in one issue of The Camera, of 

 Philadelphia. The Camera, published in Dublin, Ireland, also de- 

 voted many illustrations to the collections of photography. 



Thirty -nine accessions, totaling 487 specimens, were received; 

 214 were loans, which have been returned, leaving a net gain of 

 273 for the year. The total number of specimens in the section on 



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