Jeremiah Gurney
1866, 13 April
Messrs. Gurney and Son's Gallery

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Published in J. Werge "Rambles among the Studios of New York: p.171-173 in "The Photographic News", Vol.X, No.397, April 13, 1866.
 
Messrs. Gurney and Son's gallery, also on Broadway, is a very fine one, but not on the "ground-floor. They have a show window on the street. Their " saloon " is up-stairs. This house is one of the oldest in connexion with photography in New York. In the early days of the Daguerreotype, Mr. Gurney,! senr., was one of the most eminent " professors," and was one of the committee that waited upon the late Mr. Hill to negotiate with that gentleman for his vaunted secret of photography in natural colours. As the art advanced, Mr. Gurney was ready to introduce every novelty, and in later years, in conjunction with Mr. Fredericks, then in partnership with Mr. Gurney, he introduced the " Hallotype" process, and afterwards the " Ivorytype," or wax process. Both these processes had their day. The former was photography spoiled by the application of transparent varnish or Canada balsam and very little art, and the latter entailed a great deal of art labour on the surface of the photograph. Many of their Ivorytypes woro extremely beautiful and transparent as coloured photographs, but they had the disadvantage of being attached to the glass before them by means of white wax and gum dammar.
 
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