New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-25
PHOTOGRAPHERS GREAT FOLK.
SOME or MR. DowyEY'S EXPERIENCES.

SOME or MR. DOWNEYS EAPERlENCES.
From The Pail Mall Gazette.
You'll get on In life" said John Bright one day TO
shrcWd, energetic Tyncsdr, after the salu 1870
pleased him very much That young nan was
WITHIN DoUney. photographer. Every pr~,sioh h 1S
man Of photography. lie began to practice ms pro
fc>son nearly forty years ago, and during that ons
period he has photographed EmperOrs ana Empesse5'
NM, anu % hi1 nrcrs # the realm peere;ses
If the realm, soldier, and statesmen men OF ItCtets
aud women Of letters, queens OF beauty, pmESa av
beauties aud hcauucs Of the boards. Ju,t now VII
perspective Of years past, he can summon - me Sc
Son Of silent thought serie Of triumpls whcn
humcly coat Of TN, famous court PHOTOGRAPHER lheIe
academic, ia the world OF thot"SIdpnl, ~ &c
cre.e- mo- hnnor,-Dnly honOrdr1. but Mr.. Downey Is
we'll satisfied f. his fame the Work he ha, done
in his iorty years Of active life, aud he stu hopes 10
following are note, Of conversation which a rep
re,cntatve had recently with Mr. Downey in his mousse
one Of his great successes the smiling photo,
IRA oh" Of the Queen. Mr. Downey say, this j. his
5het d'ocuvlc for Her Majesty on most occasions a.
SUMO u sr'ise and even solemn mlen, as 4 the lenS
dangerous weapon Instead OF nirinIesS soy"
solemn micn with which always endow the queen.
Every lover Of dog viii be pleased L. near Una,
Wa, dog sharp. the collie on the chair that raised tha
-mc 10 the Queens fare. sharp altogether declined
10 1t ,tiil. but John Brown would stand no nonsense
and. despite the presence Of his mistress, ne gave mo
doI s1oi sLinn. c ME- 9'' t r,, nv oi,
ST. And afcr another shaking sharp sat, and the
Queen laughed To sc such port ana MF DoWhey
The Queen" continued The veteran. has done NOR
To promote photography than any one. for she has
always boon great colleo or q photographs though
she doe, complain of their fading
When Nr. DoVuey began. 1t vis with the greatest
procured. Today all Ina j. Uttered ana me portrait ;
Of the Queen are IN enormous demand though II Is a
r, ' np "i'I ic Wasy mt Mr DSTney relate
with ~, low, ON one occasion AT Windsor. the Queen
bonnet. adjusted her hair posed against tine mead rs
and SAID. Now. Mr.. Downcy. have Just five
minute, Lord Derby /, waiting for me" NJ Downcy
is not "a u"rvou, man. 80 he got good re- nit
one %. Nr. Dovuey', treasures is Photograph Of
the Queen and the ate Emprc,, Augusta ~ Germany
AZ Frrcmorc Vi. Downcy had been summoned to the
Court. a.d found the Queens AZ breakfast The En-
pres, who. Of course. was Queen of Prussia then.
declined al first 10 submit to the operation, but as
rusth she .,cuMhcd 10 die persuasion OF the Queen.
Her Majc,t,, our own Queen wearing old fashioned
poke bonnet and mantle. the other Queen wearing
much the same sort ~ costume. When the Empress
II Germany died maay were the dcmaId, Tor tia
photograph bat she had insisted that pru', should
be- sold or given away some men might have inter.
pr.tcd this agreement literally, saving their con-
science, with fine qWhb" that The Enprc-,p ~tipuLi-
tou was only made for her lifetime But Mr. DOwucy
declined every oa,r. though be had one order from
Germany for a million print, and another from Paris
happsnrd 10 lopl. into the Windsor studio when Mr..
DOwncy W., AT worl, there. Mr. Downcy showed him
the photograph. and ultimately allowed The Emperor
And You couldn't well refuse n give the photo
graph Of his mother, could you" asked Mr. Downcy,
pGthetcaly.
some men 9aye the g[cagst objection to having
.prccs Of vanity Mr.. Dsraeli one Of these
peculiar people. aud We owe n 10 Her Majesty that
Mr. Downcy's wclnown photograph Of the famous
statesman Is I'm existence. one DAY h. happened TO
be- in attendant at Ealmoral and. AFTER much per
,ua,on by the Queen consented to face the lens which
was oa the lawn. Mr. DisTcli was always dandy.
and on tn, occasion he wore a light coat and pair
NJ light hlue trousers. which was not the sort OF
costume that n statesman should make hi, bow 70
The world The negatives were not success.
Ilzzv consented to ST. again nest dav. The rain
wa, coming down little when DIZZY stepped ont into
the ground, wearing tc0ii'fJl black velvet coat.
The rain ANNOYED him drc1dflV, Tor he In great
fear about the welfare OF This beautiful black velvet
coat and insisted upon umbrella being
held over him. Tho umbrella held over
him. and the second set OF negatives failures.
ON the third day he consented try again but for
five minute, only. In those five minutes Mr. Downey
took four successful negatives, from which nnumcr
able print, taken From these hundreds "
thouSind, II prints have bean sold. and to this day,
especially on Primrose Dlv. the demand Is still great.
MI Doyrncy consider, ihi, the most popular photo
granh Of % statesman thit ever taken. \ few
vcqr, ago hn hid application from an AcGdcmican
for Photograph from which to paint a portrait and
after that Mr. DOWncy believes that Mr.. DisraeU only
sat once for his photographs