Wichita eagle., 1890-01-22
PICTURES OF ROYALTY.
KINGS, QUEENS AND PRINCES IN
FRONT OF THE CAMERA.


FRONT OF THE CAMERA.
sIr. Downey. Photographer Royal. Talks.
yictoria's Favorite Portrait-The Prince
Distributes His photographs Freely
Who Pays for Them
"Weil, we have been photographing th-
royal family now for over quarter OF a cen
tury.n said Mr.. W Dowaev, so no doubt J
know little about il" and the photographic
proceeded to take from drawer numberless
pictures Of the queen and her family, extend
ing over period Of twenty-five years
This photo Is one of the Princess of Wales.
with the now Duchess of Fife on her back.
1t was taken more than twenty years ago az
Abergelaie, and we were printing 1t without
a halt for many years aftsrward Something
Like 500, GOO have been sold
''FrCm that time do not think month
has passed without royal command After
that we went to BeLnoral TO photograph the
queen. Here it is, you see-the queen Is
smiling. We sold so 600 Of these.
THE QUEEN AND HER DOG.
''There is a little story connected with that,
and it viii tel you what caused her majesty
TO smile. She had favorite collie named
Sharp and the queen particularly wanted
the dog in the picture He wouldn't sit still,
but was very snappish. At last John Brown,
who was standing by, gave the dog good
shaking, sat it down aud said: But ye shall
DO taken. If We wouldn't be taken with her
majesty, who would ye be photographed
withr This brought a smile, and just at that
moment we got the picture.
"Ths Princess of Wales is a splendid sitter
and never will use head rest, and the prince
is equally good. l have known him to sit
perfectly steady while twenty negatives have
been taken and he would approve nineteen Of
them.
1.-THE princes favorite photo is the one he
had taken in uniform to give to the different
regiments, while that Of her royal highness is
the one taken some years ago III bonnet and
with bunch Of roses at her throat. She or
ders it stu.
They generally drive up as ordinary Wis
ftors sometimes in q hanson, and no altera-
ton is allowed to Da made in the studio.
'Do royalties pay for their photographs
OF course they do. Every quarter bill is
sent in and settled Immediately.
I'VE have to submit proof Of every pho
tograph taken, and as soon as it Is passed
we commence to print.
"You must not imagine for a moment that
the public see all the photos that are taken Of
royalty. We have to get permission before
they can be published The queen gives
thousands of photos away to rich and poor
clike, many of them with her autograph.
Numbers of homesteads in Scotland have
her majesty OF their nantel board.
81 think the royal family prefer cabinet
and panel photos, as we do more OF those
than Of any others.
1.-The queen is seldom photographed now
except in her own studio. She has very
fine one at Windsor, beautifully situated and
fitted with every convenience. There is
little anecdote which, though perhaps it may
run a tribe away from our subject, yet will
serve to show how greatly her majesty Is in
terested in photography.
DISRAELI INDUCED TO SIT FOR PHOTO.
I'VE went down to Balmoral some years
ago to taie some pictures. The Earl OF
Beaconsfield, then Mr. Disraei was minister
in attendance.
AFTER the queen had been photographed
she particularly wished Disrael to sit. Now,
be disliked being taken more than any
thing, for he had previously been photo
graphed, had moved, and the picture had
been failure. 1t required all the influence
OF the queen, Lady Churchill, and, indeed,
all the ladies OF the court to get him to sit
again. ThiS he consented to do on condition
that be was not kept longer than Ave minutes.
"He came out into the garden in a black
velvet coat, and though the rain came down
bod h1lel .kvoG oil
the time it turned out most successfully, and
moro copies of that picture have been sold
tnan of one OF any other statesman.
There you see picture OF the two young
princes when nlidshipnen on board the Brit
ANNA some years ago.
I'VE spent q whole week on board for the
purpose Of securing good number of mega
tives. A popular one proved ia be their
royal higanssses sitting with linen aprons on,
while their tutor taught them how TO splice.
Among the plidtos which the public have
never seen is the one and the only picture
ever taken of the queen and the Empress Au-
gusta OF Germany.
This WIS., taken many years ago, at Frog
more. Her majesty graciously told me then
that it was the only time the empress had
been photosra pied, but the empress would
not consent TO its beng published
"Oh! yes, there are one OF two little stories
about the royal family and their photo
graphs, in conaection wica the last royal
marriage. On the morning following the
announcement of the engagement we re-
ceived notification thot the Princess Louise
duchess of Fifs) ana the Duke OF Fife
would come to be photographed at II o'clock
1.-The Princess OF Wales and Prince George
came with then. In that photo you have in
your hand the princess has hold of her child
in loving embrace, just as though she could
not let her 60.
1--WE particularly wanted to take the prin-
cess, but she turned to me and said, oh,
never mind me, Mr.. DoSney; can come
another time at the sane tisae taxing her
daughter to her There ars thsir auto
graphs, and Nr. Downey showed US two or
three volumes full of autographs. not only of
our own royal family, but those OF other
countries as weil, together with the sigma
ture Of everybody famous in politics, usera-
ture and art.
ION the morning of the marriage we had
to so to Marlborough house. l might men
ton Incidentally that usually take a couple
of assistants with me.
There Is a photo Of the prince. his two
sons and several other royafLies- Some OF
them are having GOOD laugh
That picture vas taken in O side lobby
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