Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-14
PICTURES OF ROYALTY.
THE GRAND OLD MAN" AMONG EN-
eLis. phoTocRsPHeRs.
Nearly Forty Year. I~fore an. Day 90
Snap shot--He Took th. oa~~.
when sh. smfIed-The Empires. of
Austria. Negative.

When She smilcd-The Empr~ss of
Austria. Negative.
You'll rst on tn life. {" said John Bright
one day 90 a shrewd. energetic TyDesider.
after the said Tynessder bad done some
thing for the aid John Bright which
pleased him very much. That young man
was William DOwDey. photographer. Er-
cry profession has its grand old man. Mr..
Dovn.y - the grand old man q pbotogra-
ply ile began 20 practice hts professioa
nearly forty years ago. and during thai
!ong fcr1od be has photographed emperor
ana rulprss~es. kiasss and queens. spltans
prirces of the blood. peers of the realm.
i,'-sf--ses of the realm. soldiers and states
nlri'. men Of letter and women Of letters.
srrrus of beauiy. private beaufies and
h.a .ifies of the boards.
su-t nov. when. like ali the rest of IA.
Nr DoNney looks down the long peESpec-
ti,e q years past, L.. can summon O. the
session q sweet. silent Thought a series -
;uumphs which n.usi b- very gratifying
Noorier glitters on the homely coat of ihis
famous courf photographer. There are no
sca,s.mies ia the world - photography. no
de.-7ss 10 honorS-oniy bonoFzria. bat
Mr Dowfpv is well sa;ifsed 20 rest has fame
uu 'be wors be bzs done in has forty yearx
'ss.it r,-ckoned among the professions. Tie
:ll owing are noieS Of AcouvefSation which
representative had recently with Mr.
IArEDey IN his house in Nevern square:
EIsowS SHOOK SHARP
t's.e of his great SUCCESSES wa the -'smii-
O. .. photograph 81 the queen Mr.. Dovney
>siys tits = Lts chef d'ocuvre. for ber mai
'-ft on mnsi occasions assumes a grave
apn even solemn mien. A. IL the lens was n
dangerous weapon instead Of a harmless
scgsu;!ic instrument. and IL l.. therefore.
tile grave and solemn mien with which ue
always endow the queen. Every lover Of q
dog will he pleAsed TO bear that IL Was dog
Sharp. the collie on the chair. that raised
that smile TO the queens face Sharp alto
ret declined 20 lit still. bot John Brown
Wo'sld stand no nonsense. and. despite the
pr,sence of hts mistress. be gave the dog q
good shaking lie won't sii. Brown"
ssaid the queen lie won't. your maSestyf
lie mAun obey ye and b. complAisAui. like
the ret of us. He mAun sit And after
Anni her shaking Shsrp sai, and the queen
laughed 10 ~ee such sporz. and Mr.. Downey
male a great hit. all because of Brown aud
Sharp The queen" continued the rety
eran. hrs done more 20 promote pbotoe-
raphy than any one. for she has aiways
teen n great collector of photography
though sbe does complain of their fading
One of Mr. DowDey's treasures IL a pho
tograph of the queen and the late Empress
Augusta % Germany. taken when the en-.
press was the Eu-si 81 the queen ~ Frog.
more Mr.. Downey had teen sumfnons,d
% tie court. and found the ou--ns az
breakfast The empress. who. q courSe.
wa.s queen of Prussia then. declined ~ firSi
20 .nbmii 10 tie operation. but AZ lenEzh
ste sucrunabed 20 the persuasion of the
queen. and the result j. the only photo.
graph in existence of her aSesfr. our osn
queen. wearing an old FASHIONED poke bon
nsi and a mantle. aud the other QUEEN
wearing much the same sori of costume.
NIeu toe empress % Germany died many
verc the demands for tie i.bu;a=rarh. bot
sh- had insisted that no tfluts should t-
sn.a or .!trn away some mrn might have
I iusrrf I-tfrtl t..l- 2Esnrcueeuf literally sar-
inE tLe3r con-sicaces with the gnlbble shat
tie rrlrn~s' stipulation WA orly made for
b,r lifetime Bgt AR Daunsv declined
eyery oder. Though b. had ole orlsr from
Germany ior = million pr.ilt>. and another
from P.lris for many sbon.and. one dav
the EinTeror Frederick baip,aed 20 look
into the " Nindsor studio when Mr. Downey
va> ~ work there. Mr. Downry showed
him tie Photograph. ard ultimately al.
lowed the emperor 90 carry away a copy
of tie Photograph of his mother And
You couldn't well refuse 20 give the son
photograph of his mother. could WON'T
asked Mr.. DowDey paihetically.
SELLS oS FEiNRosE DAY
Some nen have the ..r-afest objection
20 having their portraits takeu.- aid Mr..
Down.y 1T IL a species q vanity Mr.
I1isrncli Wa one of thee pccaliar people.
and we owe IL 20 her rlascsty that Mr.
Dow uey's well known photograph Of the
famous statesman - IN exisic..ce Onesiay
he happened TO be in attendance al Bal
moral. and alter much persuasion by the
qurrn. consented 10 face the icus. which
Wa on the lawn Mr. Disrzs.: was always
q dandy. and on ibls occasion be wore a
hight coat and pair Of light blue trousers.
which Wa not the sort of costume that A
statesman should make his how 20 the
world ia The negative. were not a sue
Gers
Dizzy ooi;~cnied 20 Ill again next day
The rain ssAs coming do~u a little when
Dizzy -i-ppesi out into the groands wear.
INK beautiful black v.lvet coat. The
rsia annoyed him dr,ac.ss,.y. Tor be WA in
great fear about the welfare 6. this beAuti.
iul hiacS velvet coat. aDd insisted upon an
umi'rr.la icing held over him. The urn-
brt!la Ma held over aim. ana the second
-ei OF negatives were failures. On tbe third
day he consented 10 Try again. but for Eve
minute only la tboS- five minutes Mr.
DOwney took four successful negatives.
from which innumersble prints were taken.
From these hundreds Of thousands of prints
have been sold. and 60 this day. especially
on Primro~e Day. the demand II sisu great
Mr. Dowaey considers this The most popu-
lar photograph Of a statesman thai Was
ever taken few year, ago he had an At-
pliesa;ion from an academician for a photo
graph from which 10 psint a portrait. ape
after that Mr. Downey believes that Mr..
Dtsrssii only szt once for bi- pboiograpb
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