1857                585 Broadway, New York, New York.

1857 January 21.  Evening Star.  (Washington, District of Columbia.)  January 21, 1857, Vol. IX, No. 1,252, P. 2.

Patents for the week ending January 20, 1857.  John Bishop Hall—For improved in treating photographic pictures.  No. 16,438.

1857 January 27.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  January 27, 1857, Whole No. 7454, P. 3.

New Patents Issued for the week ending January 20, 1857.  John Bishop Hall of N. Y., for improved in treating photographic pictures.  [No. 16,438]

1857 February 14.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  February 14, 1857, Whole No. 7472, P. 5.

Highly Important to the Pubic—Hallotypes patented.  The undersigned would respectfully announce that they will exhibit specimens of the “Hallotype” at their gallery.  No. 585 Broadway, on and after the 16^th inst., and that they will commence taking them for the public on the 16^th., and will deliver them on and after the 19^th inst.  The hallotypes will be taken in this city by J. B. Hall the inventor and patentee, at the above gallery.  N. B.—No connection with any other establishment in the city.  John Bishop Hall, C. D. Fredricks.  585 Broadway, opposite Metropolitan Hotel.

Advertisement ran on the 14 & 16, 1857.

1857 February 16.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  February 16, 1857, Vol. XVI, No. 4938, P. 7.

Important caution To The Public And Photographic Artist.  Hallotypes.

It having been announced in the Photographic journals and the daily papers that specimens of the Hallotype would be exhibited at Nos. 585 and 349 Broadway on the 16^th inst. the undersigned would state that justice to the public, to himself and to the art, of which he is the inventor and patentee, demands of him the following statement:

The specimens exhibited by J. Gurney at No. 349 Broadway will not give a correct idea of the merits of this new Art, as they were not executed in strict accordance with instructions given by the undersigned, and for this reason he will not exhibit at his Gallery, No. 585 Broadway, any of the specimens produced at No. 349 Broadway, which he had designed doing as during his absence from the city some of the most important parts of the manipulation were neglected.  All the specimens, therefore, which he will exhibit at No. 585 Broadway will be those produced since the 13^th inst., at his own Gallery—he having also recently made some very important improvements.  The undersigned will not, therefore, be in any way responsible for the results produced at any other establishment, as the Hallotypes will only be made under his personal direction at No. 585 Broadway, opposite Metropolitan Hotel.    John Bishop Hall.

1857 February 21.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  February 21, 1857, Vol. XVI, No. 4943, P. 7.

Hallotypes—These Beautiful Portraits are taken by J. B. Hall, the inventor and patentee, only at the Gallery of Hall & Fredricks, No. 585 Broadway, opposite the Metropolitan Hotel.

Advertisement ran every three to four days from February 21 to 28, 1857.

1857 February 26.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  February 26, 1857, Vol. XVI, No. 4947, P. 7.

Hallotypes.  To Photographic Artists And The Public.  The following not from Mr. Hall requires a public reply:

Temple Of Art, No. 585 Broadway, Feb. 24. 1857.

J. Gurney, esq.—Dear Sir:  My attention has been called to your card of the 17^th inst., published in the Tribune and Times, in reply to mine of the 16^th, which appeared in the same papers.  My arrangements have been such that I have here huberto neglected to take any steps in the matter.  You understand better than the public possibly can the reasons which prompted me to pen my Card.  But you evidently misunderstood the some what ambiguous language which I emplied, or your high sense of honor, of propriety and justice, would not have allowed you to prefer against me so grave a charge as “repudiating legal obligations,” and masing statement [    ] were “false.”  If you understood me as denying your right to practice the Hallotype, and your ability to present it in an attractive form to the public, you could not do otherwise than to pronounce such statements false.  The peculiar circumstance of the case, in connection with the somewhat ambiguous style which I employed, has led you into an error.  But there was nothing in my Card which if properly understood, could have justified the conclusion at which you arrive, and by correcting the erroneous impressions which your Card is calculated to procure, you will do no honor to yourself, justice to the public and to the undersigned.  Wishing you every success in the practice of the Hallotype. I am Truly Yours, John Bishop Hall.

                                                                        Reply

Mr. John B. Hall—Dear Sir:  Your conclusion is correct, that the peculiar circumstances of the case, together with the somewhat ambiguous language which you employed. did lead me to misunderstand your meaning, and it affords me pleasure to be able to make the correction.  A discriminating public will award to you the honor of having invented the most brilliant improvement in the Photographic art, and which I am determined to present to the public in all its exquisite perfection and beauty.  Yours truly,  J. Gurney, Photographic Artist.  Palace of Art, No. 349 Broadway, Feb. 26, 1857.

We, the undersigned, copartners in the disposal of the patent rights throughout the United States and Europe for the new style of portraiture called Hallotypes, would inform Photographic artists and amateurs that we are now ready to dispose of said rights to suit purchasers.

John Bishop, J. Gurney

All business letters to be addressed to Gurney’s Palace of Art, No. 340 Broadway, corner of Leonard-st., New York.

Advertisement ran on February 26 & 28, 1857.

1857 February 27.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  February 27, 1857, Whole No. 7485, P. 8.

To Photographic Artists And The Public.  The following note from Mr. Hall requires a public reply:

Temple Of Art, No. 585 Broadway, Feb. 24. 1857.

J. Gurney, esq.—Dear Sir:  My attention has been called to your card of the 17^th inst., published in the Tribune and Times, in reply to mine of the 16^th, which appeared in the same papers.  My arrangements have been such that I have here hitherto neglected to take any steps in the matter.  You understand better than the public possibly can the reasons which prompted me to pen my card.  But you evidently misunderstood the somewhat ambiguous language which I employed, or your high sense of honor, of propriety and justice, would not have allowed you to prefer against me so grave a charge as “repudiating legal obligations,” and making statement which were “false.”  If you understood me as denying your right to practice the Hallotype, and your ability to present it in an attractive form to the public, you could not do otherwise than to pronounce such statements false.  The peculiar circumstance of the case, in connection with the somewhat ambiguous style which I employed, has led you into an error.  But there was nothing in my card which if properly understood, could have justified the conclusion at which you arrive, and by correcting the erroneous impressions which your card is calculated to produce, you will do no honor to yourself, justice to the public and to the undersigned.  Wishing you every success in the practice of the Hallotype. I am Truly Yours, John Bishop Hall.

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Mr. John B. Hall—Dear Sir:  Your conclusion is correct, that the peculiar circumstances of the case, together with the somewhat ambiguous language which you employed. did lead me to misunderstand your meaning, and it affords me pleasure to be able to make the correction.  A discriminating public will award to you the honor of having invented the most brilliant improvement in the photographic art, and which I am determined to present to the public in all its exquisite perfection and beauty.  Yours truly, J. Gurney, Photographic Artist.  Palace of Art, No. 349 Broadway, Feb. 26, 1857.

We, the undersigned, copartners in the disposal of the patent rights throughout the United States and Europe for the new style of portraiture called Hallotypes, would inform Photographic artists and amateurs that we are now ready to dispose of said rights to suit purchasers.

John Bishop Hall, J. Gurney.

All business letters to be addressed to Gurney’s Palace of Art, No. 340 Broadway, corner of Leonard street, New York.

1857 February 27.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  February 27, 1857, Whole No. 7485, P. 8.

Hallotypes.  Letters Patent Granted January 20, 1857.  A large collection of this new and beautiful style of portraiture is now on exhibition at J. Gurney’s well known photographic palace of art, No. 349 Broadway, N. Y.

The public are respectfully invited to call and judge for themselves of the superiority of these pictures over other styles; and although executed by the camera, they combine the truthfulness of the finest photographs, with the beauty and finish of the most delicate miniature in ivory.  To quote the expression of our celebrated miniature painters, “The stereoscopic effect is wonderful; our occupation is gone; these pictures surpass in every respect, our best endeavors.”  J. Gurney is now prepared to execute said pictures for the public.  Gallery open from 8 A. M. till 6 P. M.  J. Gurney, Photographic Artist, No. 349 Broadway, cor. Leonard st., N. Y.  N. B.—No connection with any other establishment.

1857 March 10.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  March 10, 1857, Vol. XVI, No. 4957, P. 7.

Hallotypes.  J. B. Hall, the inventor and patentee of the Hallotypes, would respectfully inform the public that his Gallery of Pictures in the above style is at the Photographic establishment of Mr. Fredericks, No. 585 Broadway, opposite Metropolitan Hotel, and he has no connection with any other establishment in this city.

Advertisement ran on March 10 & 13, 1857.

1857 March 11.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 11, 1857, Whole No. 7497, P. 5.

Hallotypes.—J. B. Hall, the inventor and patentee of the hallotypes, would respectfully inform the public that his Gallery of pictures in the above style is at the photographic establishment of Mr. Fredericks, No. 585 Broadway, opposite Metropolitan Hotel, and he has no connection with any other establishment in this city.

Advertisement ran on March 11 & 14, 1857.

1857 March 19.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  March 19, 1857, Vol. XVI, No. 4965, P. 7.

John Bishop Hall’s Gallery Of Hallotypes, At Fredericks’s Temple Of Art, No. 585 Broadway, Opposite Metropolitan Hotel.

1857 March 21.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 21, 1857, Whole No. 7507, P. 5.

John Bishop Hall’s Gallery of Hallotypes.  At Frederick’s Temple of Art, No. 586 Broadway, Opposite Metropolitan Hotel.

Advertisement ran on March 21, 25, 28; April 1, 1857.

1857 March 26.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  March 26, 1857, Vol. XVI, No. 4971, P. 7.

John Bishop Hall’s Gallery Of Hallotypes, At Fredericks’s Temple Of Art, No. 585 Broadway, Opposite Metropolitan Hotel.

Advertisement ran from March 26 to April 2, 1857.

1857 April 3.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  April 3, 1857, Whole No. 7520, P. 5.

Hallotypes!—$1,000 Reward.—The Undersigned will give the above reward for the first conviction of any person or persons infringing the patent granted by the United States government to John Bishop Hall, of New York city, on the 20^th day of January, 1857, for producing pictures known as “hallotypes”  Hall & Gurney.  New York, March 7, 1857.

Advertisement ran From April 3 to 10, 1857.

1857 April 11.  Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.  (New York, New York.)  April 11, 1857, Vol. III, No. 70, P. 15.

Frederick’s Temple of Art—Hallotypes, Photographs, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes.  585 Broadway, opposite Metropolitan Hotel.

John Bishop Hall, The Inventor and Patentee of the Hallotype, would respectfully inform the Public that his gallery is at Frederick’s Temple Of Art, 585 Broadway, and that he has no connection with any other establishment.