The ferrotype and how to make it - The Grian Press

34 THE FEKROTYPE.
ing a side light or window, an illumination
called a " front '' light may be obtained, by some
treated as a distinct variety of light, but which
appears to me to be only another application of
the side light. In combination with the top
light, the front light might be very useful in
some cases, but as a distinct style of lighting I
can not conceive how it could ever be tolerated,
as its effects take away all character and likeness
from the face, filling the eyes with light, illumi-
nating every line and depression equally with
the projections, and giving a flat and meaning-
less expression to all faces alike.
There may be circumstances under which the
Ferr()ty})ist, in erecting for himself a glass room,
will find it impossible to secure the combination
of top and side light, and where the top, or
indeed only a side light may be available. In
FIG 2. FIG.3
such cases, modified forms of top or side light,
giving a much more favorable illumination,
might be adopted.
We give in diagrams 1, 2, and 3, views of the
side light, the toj) light, and of the combined top
1