The advance of photography : its history and modern applications (1911)

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HISTORICAL SURVEY 13 who were then in Paris, illustrated his process by experiment. Arago declared that " France had adopted this discovery, and was proud to hand it as a present to the whole world " ; and henceforth, unhindered by the quackery of mystery, and unfettered by the right of patent,1 the discovery of Daguerre made the round of the civilized world. Daguerre quickly gathered round him a number of pupils from all quarters of the globe ; and they transplanted the process to their homes, and became in their turn centres of activity, which daily added to the number of disciples of the art. Sachse, a dealer in art living in Berlin, was initiated into Daguerre's discovery on the 22nd of April 1839, and was appointed Daguerre's agent in Germany. On the 22nd of September, four weeks after the publication of the discovery, Sachse had already produced the first picture at Berlin. These pictures were gazed at as wonders, and each copy was paid for at the rate of from £1 to £2 ; while original impressions of Daguerre fetched as much as £5. On the 30th of September Sachse made experiments in the Park of Charlottenburg, in the presence of King Friedrich Wilhelm the Fourth. In October the earliest types of Daguerre apparatus were being sold in Berlin. The first set of apparatus was purchased by Beuth for the Royal Academy of Industry at Berlin, and is still to be seen there. After the introduction of the apparatus, it was in the power of every one to carry out the system ; and a great number of daguerreotypists started into existence. The first objects photographed by Sachse were architectural views, statuary, and paintings, which for two years found a ready sale as curiosities. It was in 1840 that he first represented groups of living persons, and in 1 It was only in England that the process was patented, before its publication, on the 15th of July 1839.