Re: Eakins and direct enlarged platinum
Luis Nadeau (awef6t@mi.net)
Sun, 24 Mar 1996 20:56:46 +0300
>I got a call today from a women who works at the Metropolitian Museum of Art
>in the Paper Conservation Department. She was inquiring about purchasing a
>platinum kit so I casually asked if it was for personal or business use. We
>chatted for a while. Seems that they are convinced that Thomas Eakins, of
>which they have quite a number of large format platinums, made direct 11 x
>14 enlargements from 4 x 5 plates. Seems he had a solar enlarger and a
>heliostat (a device to follow the sum) and was something of an amature
>engineer. There is also evidence that Willis was a friend and was involved
>in his printing ventures.
>
>Anyone have any knowledge of anyone enlarging platinum directly? Just
>thought I'd pass along this curious tidbit.
Sure. Check Willis' 1884 advertisement, reproduced p. 108 in the current,
3rd ed., of _History and Practice of Platinum Printing_, written by,
whatshisname;-)
Luis Nadeau