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Charles John Burnett

1820-1907

PSS Founding Member

Charles John Burnett was one of the founding members of the Photographic Society of Scotland in 1856.  Brief details of his PSS Membership can be found on this page

He experimented with materials other than silver (including carbon, platinum and uranium) in his search for more stable photographs, and wrote a series of articles on the subject.

John Muir Wood may have been familiar with  articles written by C J Burnett when he carried out his own experiments.

PSS Papers

Papers by CJ Burnett were read to PSS Meetings:

-   in the early months of 1857

-   on Aug 5, 1860 and  Feb 12, 1861

Literature by C J Burnett

-   Burnt-in Photography on Porcelain, Glass and Allied Vitreous and Ceramic Fabrics
C J Burnett, Edinburgh 1857.

-  Photography in Colour (C J Burnett, Edinburgh 1857)
This pamphlet is not about colour photography.  It is about the search for photographic permanence.

-   'Paper on the Application of Uranium'
C J Burnett, Photographic Notes 2,1857,  pp.97-101, 160-4, 181-4.

-   Letter about 'Blue Lenses &c'
 C J Burnett, Photographic Notes 2,1857, pp.224-5.

-   Letter about 'The Use of Gelatin and Tannin and Stereographic Photography'
C J Burnett, Photographic Notes 2,1857, pp.262-3.

-   Letter about 'M. Stella's Tonic Process'
C J Burnett, Photographic Notes 2,1857, pp.320-3.

-   Letter about 'Use of Various Chemicals'
C J Burnett, Photographic Notes 2,1857, pp.345-6.

Thomas Sutton's editorial also refers to C J Burnett
Photographic Notes 2,1857, pp.175-7

[Scottish Photography - A Bibliography: 1839-1989  (Sara Stevenson + AD Morrison-Low]

Photographs

C J Burnett donated prints to Photographic Society of Scotland albums in 1856.  He also submitted prints to Exhibitions.

However, Donald Stewart, Dundee, who is researching C J Burnett says he has been told that none of C J Burnett's photographs have survived.

If you know where the PSS Albums might be now, or if you know of any other photographs by C J Burnett that might have survived, please e-mail me and I'll pass on the news to Donald.

Thank you.  - Peter Stubbs:  August 12, 2007

Acknowledgement

'The Photography of John Muir Wood, An Accomplished Amateur 1805-1892''
 [Sara Stevenson, Julie Lawson, Michael Gray]: Publ. SNPG: ISBN 1 85378 007 3:  Page 9.

 

C J Burnett - Photos in Exhibitions

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