The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-22
PORTRAITs or ACTRESS rs.
The Thriving Trade IN the Fncc- OF Bca utifil
Womcn-Tbe Varying Dcmnnd.

The Thriving Trade IN the Fnces OF Bca utifil
Womcn-Tbe Varying Demand.
The sale of Photographic likenesses OF
noted mon and women has within few years
grown into large business. Several stores IN
this city wholly devoted to n. and an asaort-
ment Of such pictures IA kept In nearly every
book. art and fancy goods estanlishment. The
manufacture IL profitable adjunct ~ the trade
OF the leading photographers, for there are
dealers In all of the cities throughout the coun-
try. These photographs are made In the best
manner, being superior In finish, as well As In
the attitudes of the figures, ~ those that can
10 obtained 10y persons In general ~ themselves.
For proof OF this fact examine the photographs
displayed IN store window noticing the artistic
positions, management OF light, and softened
outlines, and then go home and look AZ n like
meas of yourself made perhaps 10y the same
workman. Tho former kind can be bought at
Wholesale for one dollara dozen, and the latter
costs from ak 10 ten times as much. depending
on the reputation Of the maker. or course a
reason for the enormous difference IN prico Is
that one sitting is required for a single dozen In
one Instance and thousands arc printed from
the same negative In the other. AZ 10 tho
equally wide difference In quality. the expluna-
uon Of photographer Is pertinent
" In the first place, he said. actors and ac-
tresses Know how To look their bcst tho knnck
Is part Of their business. The Same Is true Of
other persons who appear before assemblies.
Besides being usually striking in appearance, II
not handsome, they understand the art of facial
expression When an actress comes here to
have n picture made. her hair and drcss are
pretty sure to be the most becoming possible;
whereas other women do not take into account
the pc, ulAritie- Of their features and therefore
often spoil for Photographic purposes whatever
good looks they possess. In the next place ao-
tressc- really assume the poses that we indicate,
for they understand tho necessity; but Other
women have usually decided the point before
they come, and will not take any advice They
have seen photograph that pleascs them and
they jump To tho conclusion that they would
LOOK a. well pictured IN the same way. The re-
suit IL apt 70 be an artistic failure, and the artist
u Wr"ngiully blamed Ieil An unframed woman
t. look pleasant, aud the chances are ten to one
that she viii shipper; but an actress WILL nine
times out Of ten come Just near enough u
smiling to look her very prottiesi.
Another cause Of the superior beauty Of the
photographs made for tho trade Is the careful
hni-Hng process to which they are subjected
Hard lines nre toned down IN the negatives an
gllaritcs -oftened. and the portrait thus made
hands'her than the original without spelling
the likeness.
The sale Of the photographs depends mainly
authors, rifle teams. rowing crews. and mon
Otherwise famous, sell numcrOu-lyt but the
bull, of the trade j. in. the faces. of beautiful
women. The general alteration Of such hand
some actors Ms hignod, Booth, Montague.
any Es'Sn,nns extent The PHrhsss, a., ar, are
dealer ~ whom the writer inquired said TINT
probably more pictures u Maud Granger, Tor
d,i,Si, had tenn ln ian fan"hmJv ala liz
feaiirr- stand tho test nf Any position and In
~ ,ii dealer. Ndcl,ilo Neilson 4. a. elise INT
selling rspiiiv in "A creator ve,istv Of po.cs and
costumes Her prominence IN hor profession
plainly does not cause the demand FOR Char
ioite Cushmar Is seldom called Tor, while Emily
Iigl u the fiith Avenue "a displayed in long
an ia hrl-N demand Aiiss IuH is highly esteem
ed by the d.al'r. WI" rate her third ~ selling
thi- tc-t arc Fannie IinNrup,rt who ia In
demand I'm Lady rcu3le'- costume Eliza Wcpth-
iutrnduccr of modern burle.auc TO this cttv and
Pauline Markham of her company Alice Dun-
ming Lngarl, the wifo of tho concert haii
singer: Mr.. cott-Siddons, whose dainty fen.
lures have FOR years held their place in the
window displays: Ada Wrav who uaed la play
a Oanio in variety shows. aud Afterward married
John wild, the negro minstrel; .Ierreys-Inwi.
Of the Fifth Avenue lisrt0letti. the dancer at
Booth = and the inpsh Lolita. About two hun
drrd women are com ri-cd In the largest as,ort-
ments: hut nearly half of them are foreign nc-
Marqui. of Bure lies aiongsid. an "otI,iiy hand
some ballet girl la ono Of the stores visited by
the wriier
however start, "A demand for her likeness IN IN
addition Size he good looking. During the
original run ~ Tho Two Orphans" thousands
Of photographs Of Kate Caxton and KITTY
Blanchard were sold and the same was true OF
the opera hpuGe singers II ten years ago. and ~
the beauties ~ the" Black Crook" and ,ubse-
quent -pectaces. Clara Norris, whenever
size appears in new I,irre. f.. i'm moderate de-
mand the Woke, sisters although popular arc
not handsome enough 60 sell vol ito late Kate
Newton. wife of harley Bnckus, had n run in
picture stores at the time ~ hor acting i'm
" Fnrmpsa" at NlhlO,; Minnie Oonway'n ex-
perenrc was similar while she was NJ the AcAd-
envy u Music in Across the Continent" about
the period Of her marriage TO Levy the cornet
PLAYER; Alice IIarrisons face was In the win
dOws before her soipurn in California. "a was
that of Nina Naran, the daughter of Mira. Var
ian-IIonnan, at the commencement Of her brief
career ON the stage.
Husbands often object To having their wives
faces exposed for sale No picture OF Agnes
Ethel can ho bought since her marriage to Mr.
Tracy, or OF Lulu Prior since her marriage 10 Mr.
DeNYse, or Of tho three kimlfy sisters since
their retirement to welded life. Inpulre. will
be made in vain for tho portrait, 1f stage
beauties ~ years ago, such as Madeline Hon
rqueS, Mrs lluey. and the women 81 their day.
Adam Isaac, Is kept I'm stock. bur tho picture ia
from an old negative that lack. the finish Of
pre-enL work. An equally old fashioned picture
l. the only one that can he had Of Rose Fytlnge
In Tho midst ~ her success In Led A-trav"
she gave sittngs 10 n leading photographers
aud siN different negatives wero made. large
quantity 81 pictures wore prepared for the
market. hut their sale waa absolutely forbid
don hy her husband. George H. butler and,
Instances llho destruction has been ordered
pN an n,ro7' M w il,t nv S,,lhot,,ing hp"nt
wv piNlu'r, ,'a'e NplIi- lpIn'uo ,he sue "i
one klhu OF nor PORTRAITS ana Ahce l.ingard
made 4 similar ofder hcraiiso a sleeve ot her
drp4- did NOT hang grarrfully The uhotOgrnph-