Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-27


snap shots-B. "rook" the Queen
when she smiisd-rhs Empress Of
AussriAs Negative.
you'll get on In llfc," said John bright
one day TO shrcwd, energetic Tyncsldcr.
after the said Tynesider had done some
thing for tho said John Bright which
pleased him very much. That young man
was William Downey. photographer. ".
cry profession has la grand old man. Mr..
Downey Ia the grand old man Of photogra.
ply. lie began TO practice his profession
nearly forty years ago, and during that
long period he has photographed emperor,
and emprc-ses, kings and queens, sultans.
princes II tho blood, peers Of the realm,
peeresses Of the realm, soldiers aud states.
mon, men Of letters and women Of letters,
queens Of beauty, private beauties and
hautles Of the boards.
Just now, when. Ike all tho rest ~ us,
Mr.. Dovnsy looks down the long persp.c
tive Of years past, he can summon 10 III.
session 81 sweet, silent thought series ~
triumpbs which must h. very rratifyl .
No order glitter. on the bomely o"at off
famous CONT photographer. Their are ~
academies In the world Of photography. no
degrees, no honor- only bonorafia, but
Mr. Downcy " well satlhesl IN rest his fame
on the work he has done In his forty years
Of active life. and he still hope. 20 sec his
craft f,ckonci among ths Professions The
following ate notes u aoonvcrsatlon which
y representative had recently with Mr..
Downsy In his honss In Nevern square,
nnowS SHOOK fn.Rr.
One Of his great successes was tho "amil.
ing photograph" o. the queen. Mr.. Dowucy
saJs this il bis chef d'ocuvre. for her maj
ssty on most occaslons assumes grave
snd even solemn mlen. ~ N the lens was
dangerous weapon Instead 81 = harmless
scientific instrument, and u IL, therefore,
the grave aud solemn mlsn with which We
always cndow the queen. Every lover Of
dog will he pleased 10 hear that n was dog
Sharp, tile collie on the chair. thst raised
that smile Ia tho queens face sharp alto
grther dscline,l 10 vt stu, but John Brown
would sfnnd no nonscnss, and, despite the
prueuce Of his mistress. hc gave the dog
good shaking. "Hc won't at. brown"
said th. queen. 'iIc won't. yonr majesty,
Hs mAun obey ye anil be complainant. like
the rest 81 Us lie mAun Sit" Aud after
another shaking sharp sat, and the queen
laughed 10 sea such sport, and Mr.. Downey
mad. great hit, all because OF brown and
sharp. The queen" continued tho vet.
WALL nat tV0' tuNtt W ItNluNlT IfNlNke
raphy than any one. for shs has always
been . great collector of photographs,
though she doc. complain of their fading
ono Of Mr.. Downcy's treasures Is pho
tograph Of tho queen and the late Fmprrs.
Augusta OF Germany, taken when the Elm.
press wis the guest Of tho queen nc Frog.
more. Mr.. Downry had bcen summoned
20 tho court, and found tho queens 1T
breakfast Tho empress, who. ~ course.
was queen Of Prussia then, declined AZ first
20 submit 10 the operation. but NJ length
sho suocuinhcd 10 the persuasion Of tho
queen. and tho result Ia the only photo.
graph In existence ~ her majesty, our own
queen. wearing an old fashioned poke hon.
net and q mantle. aud tho other queen
wearing murh tho same sort Of costume.
When the empress u Germany died many
were the demands Tor tho photograph. but
shc had insisted that no prints should bs
sold or given away. Some mcn might have
interpreted this agreement literally. saw
Ink their consc,ences with the bubble tina.
the empress stipulation was only made for
her lifetime. hut Mr.. Downey declined
every offer, though he had one order from
Germany for q million prints aud another
from Paris for many thousands One day
the Emperor Frederick hnppcnsi TO iaok
into th. Windsor studio when Mr. Downey
wus al work thers Mr.. Downsy showed
him tho photograph. and ultimately al.
lowed the emperor IA carry away copy
Of tho photograph of his mother. "And
you couldn't well vfnse IN give the sou
photograph Of his mother, could Your
aaked Mr.. Downcy pethetlcally.
srLis OK rRINRcsy DAT.
Some mon have tia greatest objection
% having their portrnilA taken, p said Mr..
Dovney. at is n species Of vanity" Mr..
DArssli wns ono Of thae peculiar people,
and We owe II 20 her majesty thai Mr..
Downsy's well known photograph Of ths
famous statesman Il in existsuce. One day
he hAppened TO DO In ATTENDANCE ut Raj.
moral. and mt~ much IannaSion by tho
queen. CONSENTED To Taco the lens, which
was on tho lawn. Mr.. Diracll was nlways
xdan6y. and on this occa4ion he voro .
light opst aud u pair OF light blue trousers,
which was not tho sort OF coslume that u
Siaismaa uhould make his bow to tho
world Ia. The negatlyes were not sue.
e..s.
dizzy consented 10 ait again next day.
Tho radn was coming down little when
Dizry steppei out into the grounds wear
Ing a brutliul black velvet coat. The
rain annoyed him dreadfnlly, for hs WAS In
great f@ar about Tho vclfarc of this beAutl.
full black yelyet coat, and insisted upon an
umbrella being held over him. The um.
brslla waA held over him. and tho second
SGT OF negatives were failures. On the third
day ho consented 10 try again, but for five
minutes only. In those i've minutes MIR.
Downey took four successful negatives,
from which lnnumerabls prlnts were taken.
irop, theae hundreds OF thousands VI prints
have been sold, and To this day, especially
nPrmrose Dny. the demand Ia still great.
Mr.. Downey considers this the most poru.
lar photograph OF statesman that was
ever taken. A few year. ago he had nm ~.
plicstion from al scadenioian for photo
graph from which 10 paint . portrait, aud
after that Mr. Downey believes that Mr..
D.sraell only sat once for his photograph.
ball Man l.u.st.