Snelling, Henry Hunt, 1816-1897 · [New York : W.B. Smith] · leaf 267
fore the window a white screen, to projectreflected light upon those parts that are inshade; without this precaution we obtaintoo sudden a transition from light to dark, vol. v. no. iv. 8 which is not harmonious. A mirror sodisposed as to convey the reflected raysupon that part of the figure in… … T is now some fifteenyears since the daguerrean art was firstintroduced into thiscountry by Mr. Gou-rard, and ProfessorsMorse and Draper,yet it is but recentlythat the public have begunto look upon it as one of theimost pleasing, instructive,and beautiful gifts of thatallwise Providence,…
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