Smyrna times., 1872-01-10
Remarkable Photography.

We have a new and rather whimsical devel-
opment of photography in London, writes JUS
tice Mccarthy to the New York Nal. A
young woman married to an old man, goes out
for a walk and meets somewhere in the street
a man with whom she has some acquaintance.
lie stops and speaks to her. AS they con-
versing, an itineraDt photographer, a new sort
of street character, here comes up and makes
group of the unconscious pair. He then shows
it 20 them, and they are rather amused and
the man buys it and presents it to the woman
who takes it home with her and puts it into her
drawer. Very fOollshly she does not tell her
husband, and the latter, finding the photo
graph, at once assumes that the pair grouped
together must be lovers, and in sudden fit of
jealous fury lie attempts to kill his wife. No
explanation satisfies him, and the woman at
last has to appear before the police magistrates
and claim their protection. This is worse than
the famous story of Prince Bismarck and Pauline
Lucca, whose figures displayed in photo
graphic group, were so popular in Europe, and
caused SO much scandal few years ago.
Cause for scandal there was none. The Prince
and the singer happened by chance to seek
| shelter from shower Of rain in the doorway
of photographer studio in Gastein or some
such place, and the sprighty little Lucca pro
posed that Bismarck should have his photo
graph taken and sold for the benefit of some
charity The great statesman assented, OF
condition that the lady should also give he
likeness, and she did 50; and that was the
whole story Yet Bismarck had to write
letter of explanation to satisfy some of the aus
tere minds Of the country
A curious Photographic puzzle is the photo
graph lately shown in Lc ndon of the execution
of the hostages by the commune. Every face
a likeness, with the expression behttlng tn
hour of the crisis the work stands the test {
the microscope-and yet we know that ther
was no camera at hand when the Archbisho
OF Paris and his fellow victims perished, an
that they were not grouped as this plctur
represents them How then was it done? .
/ course, the face OF photograph taken yeste
, day can be combined with the body OF son
other person to-day, there were some vi
things lately published in Paris showing Il
face Of the Empress Eugene in cOmbinatio
with the form Of some naked model but hO
: can you have perfect Photographic likeness
s expressing agony, anger, resignation, despa
got up in such way? fail to understand
: saw not long since a photograph purportiI
to be that OF Emperor Napoleon at some or!
e in the Tulcries. | never looked at anythll
: more strange and startling. There was the ia
e as like as like could be, but distorted and ma
hldeous by drunkenness and brutal passio
y Assuredly the Emperor Napoleon, be
n faults what they may, never sat for that
/. eminent photographer suggested what "
n doubtless the expanatiOn-that some one "
! bore general likeness to the Emperor ma
l. himself up elab0rately for the part with MOI
tache, ETC., and that the distortion of the fat
| put on to aid the libelouS purpose of the VOL
j. helped to make the deception more easy a
complete But he was unable to explain t
v. pretended portraits of the doomed hostages.