The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-20
Portrait Artists Visited Candidates in Their Libra
rieS, as They Would Not sit"
EASELS AND PAINTS CARRIED WITH THEM
Declined to Look Pleasant but Affable Beam
Was Coaxed Forth for the Banners


! portrait painter He made journey t.
New York to see Mr.. Johnson, and put NJ
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel for Il week Will,
sitting for his oil painting. 1t is only
the iatcr-day prophets who are SO hon
ored i'll their own country as To he sought
out by the painters and have paiE1iag
| done al their residences.
PRICE OF PORTRAITS.
The price which campaign artists receive
same artist 500 for your portrait. The!
Will paint IA Portrait SXlO feet for 50
All they ask II for an hours notice, and
at the end OF sixty minutes, while he
messenger waits, they will hand him ou
the canvas with the portrait moist uIof
it. And the likeness will he excellent
Long practice tells them where to Ilac.
each stroke. The banner dealer in tunfi
dcncc tells you that each painter preserves
an outline of the candidates face, so rs L.
have II IN perfect drawing. ana tHls out
line once ira Crd upon the canvas the filling
In is quick and sure.
Few Of The campaign portraits are less
than 6N7 feet. and IL intended for high
building this size looks very sn all; SNlU
is better. The tanner itself may be 35Nij
feet, with the portraits upon it.
The ravoritc campaign banner this year.
for fashions change. is the fish net. This is
1penwork and offers less resistance to the
OrceZeS This spectacle OF a campaign bar.
ner pulling out the whole front of a build
ne is not an unknown one. ANY large ban
ner Of solid material will loosen the bricks
:. r
white muslin These are scwed on and
painted as You would paint sign. The
cOlors are waterproof and sunproOf also,
Just like a sign. The mixing OF these col
prs is something n portrait artist must
learn. but once knowing 1t he knows it
forever. and many very excellent artists
adopt certain features OF banner paintin.
Tor their academy work. The perrnapcnce
II The color IS something they covet
FLINGING A BANNER.
The top Of a banner has cable run
through 1t. From the cable extend guy
ropes. These are anchored to differ
ent parts OF the building or 10 strong posts
\ banner costing $500 was shipped to
Mex inley's home in Canton a few daysago.
II had a portrait by feet and was
banner started en- route word was tcIe-
graphed to Canton and the committee be-
gan to place poles to receive it. One pole
viii be in front of McKinley's home and
The other across the street. A similar
me has been ordered for Bryan's home.
This will serve a double purpose. 1t is
a raIlying sign for converts and it points
Dut spot visited by hundreds who visit
The streets OF Lincoln daily. asking where
Mr.. BRYAN lives
The Palmer banners are large handsome
oncs. for which great sums ufmoney have
been paid. as they were rush work They
are artistic, and there are many transpar-
encics \ new wrinkle was brought forth
in banner painting the very day after 500
were sent out from the banner factory com
pleted. This was the trick cf bringing out
the face Of the Candidate in great relief
This is done by painting it in black and
white and setting the portrait upon bril-
liant banner All combinations are used.
Yellow and blue, with red, white and blue
surrounding it, Green and pink, with the
Stars and Stripes Somewhere. And il a
portrait in black and white is set in the
center there is relief effect very graft
flying to the club members. The man him
self seems to stand out.
TRICKS OF TRANSPARENCIES.
The transparent banners are painted upon
a solid color, and in the daytime are not
blue banner is stretched across a build
ing in front Of a row of lights. The mans
face is painted in the middle and the let