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AS the New Gallery is now used for other than exhibition purposes, the Royal Photographic Society have had to return to the Gallery of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colour, 5A Pall Mall East, and hold their exhibition earlier than usual. It is now open, and closes on September 16. The trade and professional sections have had to be omitted for want of room, and the number of exhibits in the other sections considerably reduced. The diminution in the number of exhibits may cause disappointment to many who had prepared work for the occasion; but it is not an unmixed misfortune to the visitor, for it seems to have led to a general raising of the standard of quality. The pictorial section has a certain measure of scientific interest, as the method of production of almost all the prints is stated in the catalogue. They indicate, therefore, in an intelligible way the possibilities of the various processes, and at the same time a purchaser knows what he is buying. The proportion of bromides seems to be unduly large, and to indicate that many prefer ease of production to an unassailable permanency. There are two notable oil prints in colour, a still-life subject by MM. Séerger Frères, and “Carmencita” by Messrs. Tilney and Corke; but such work is on the very borderland of photography.
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The Royal Photographic Society's Exhibition . Nature 84, 273–274 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/084273a0
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