ABSTRACT
This chapter briefly describes the history, and some account of the nature of Photogenic Drawing, enough it is hoped to induce the readers to pursue the subject further, and to follow them through its details and applications. The first difficulty to be overcome is making the prepared paper, and although giving a receipt for it is easy enough, it may not be found so easy to accomplish the process, remembering that that paper alone can be considered good which is quite uniform in tint, and sensitive to a diffused light. The paper used must be of even texture, not partially bibulous, like printing paper, but either so absorbent as to be completely saturated with the solutions, as white blotting paper, or copper-plate paper, when the preparation of it becomes expensive: or card-board, or else paper with a hard, well-sized surface, such as bank post paper, drawing paper, and thin laid foolscap.
