 | Laura Valentine - Amusements - 1867 - 630 pages
...tried, but with no better success ; and Mr. Talbot then proceeds to say : "And this led me to reflect on the inimitable beauty of the pictures of Nature's...the glass lens of the camera throws upon the paper as its focus — fairy pictures, creations of a moment, and destined as rapidly to fade away. " It... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1874 - 808 pages
...upon the lake of Como, by the aid of the camera-lucida, he was, in his own words, " led to reflect on the inimitable beauty of the pictures of Nature's...of the camera throws upon the paper in its focus," and upon the possibility of rc-ndering these images permanent. Possessing some chemical knowledge,... | |
 | Royal Astronomical Society - Astronomy - 1877 - 1286 pages
...was " led to reflect on the inimitable beauty of the pictures painted by the hand of Nature, pictures which the glass lens of the camera throws upon the paper in its focus," and, further, "to consider whether it would be possible to make these pictures permanent." By a long... | |
 | Royal Astronomical Society - Astronomy - 1878 - 560 pages
...was " led to reflect on the inimitable beauty of the pictures painted by the hand of Nature, pictures which the glass lens of the camera throws upon the paper in its focus," and, further, "to consider whether it would be possible to make these pictures permanent." By a long... | |
 | Royal Astronomical Society - Astronomy - 1878 - 598 pages
...was " led to reflect on the inimitable beauty of the pictures painted by the hand of Nature, pictures which the glass lens of the camera throws upon the paper in its focus," and, further, "to consider whether it would be possible to make these pictures permanent." By a long... | |
 | Royal Astronomical Society - Astronomy - 1878 - 596 pages
...was " led to reflect on the inimitable beauty of the pictures painted by the hand of Nature, pictures which the glass lens of the camera throws upon the paper in its focus," and, further, "to consider whether it would be possible to make these pictures permanent." By a long... | |
 | Alexander Eugen Conrady - Photography - 1923 - 780 pages
...was the beauty of the pictures in the camera obscura which led him to the idea of photography: "... the inimitable beauty of the pictures of Nature's...of a moment, and destined as rapidly to fade away ". • Talbot's Line of Thought Talbot reflected how very charming it would be if these pictures would... | |
 | Charles Robert Gibson - Photography - 1925 - 280 pages
...in the camera obscura that he determined to try and fix them. He spoke of these pictures as being " fairy pictures, creations of a moment, and destined as rapidly to fade away." He thought how very charming it would be if these pictures would but imprint themselves upon the paper.... | |
 | Hilton Kramer - Art, Modern - 1985 - 472 pages
...improve them. He then began to reflect on the transitory images that this device would yield him — "fairy pictures, creations of a moment, and destined as rapidly to fade away," as he wrote — and thought about "how charming it would be if it were possible to cause these natural... | |
 | M. Christine Boyer - Architecture - 1994 - 580 pages
...of tracing images through the camera obscura: "This [act] led me to reflect on the inimitable beauty of nature's painting which the glass lens of the Camera throws upon the paper in its focus . . . creatures of a moment, and destined as rapidly to fade away . . . how charming it would be if... | |
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Camera throws upon the paper in its focus — fairy pictures, creations of a moment, and destined as rapidly to fade away. "It was during these thoughts that the idea occurred to me how charming it would be if it were possible to cause these natural images... 
