New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-20
TIE QUEENS PHOTOGRAPHS.
y VETERAN FIRM THAT HAS TAKEN
MORE ROYAL PICTURES THAN
ANT OTHER

T DeSln Win, Photographed the Queen n
hundred times and have taken, in addition al
most every crowned head in Europe ard NOT n
lev Asiatic monarchs The late Emperor OF
the French sat to them. did the late Emperor
Frederick Of Germany; they have taken three
cars OF Russia three Sutans of Turkey. the
hhs ana Queen OF Denmark. and the King and
Queen Of the Belgians. and a host of others with
royal brood in their veins. William Downey.
the mead OF this famous firm. is a still energetic
gentleman of some seventy summers. Weight
! OF years has led him to relegate the more ardu-
us 1utles connected with the business-the prin-
clI al OF which is the photographing of the Queen
Ana her family-to his son. w. f. Downey
we found both these gentlemen in their Ebury-
81 STUDIO In which one OF Het Majesty's maids OF
honor had just been photographed. We were in
formed mat the lady in question completed the
eight, and that now the Messrs Downey Will
De able to carry out an excellent idea conceived
cary IN the spring-namely, to make a picture
OF the Queen surrounded by her maids OF honor
our primary duty to put some Inquiries
regarding the Photograph which Her Majesty
mad chosen, out of all those recently taken OF
ner. as the picture by which she wishes to be
let it be noted that the Queen has preferratp
TINS photograph to all the drawings and paint
ings OF her at present extant Father and son
regard the choice not alone as a high honor 10
uneniselVes but TO Photography in general And
well may they be proud OF the selected portrait.
elected to be represented by the reproduction OF
an oil painting by a famous Academician nv
foregoing their rights Of reproduction The
Messrs. Downey have acted in "A patriotic and
generous spirit. Every tournal~home foreir-n
and colonial-of whatever price size ar natu~a
may reproduce this photograph 10y simply oh
tanning the Photographers perrnission so - 10
What the actual loss in hard cash will be to the
hrm through this concession we ca mot saw hur
1t cannot be put at less than seve- II thousands
81 POUNDS: The Commemoration ihotograph-
Oo'c IN the firms Miniature Catalogue is the
number Of the pose-as il has COM 70 he ca,Ii
py the trade Is being reproduced in every stvla
known to the Photographic art. Silver and car
In piatinotype Woodburytype collotype chrn,
ino,coiIotype. autotype. photo-lithography photo
etching. half engraving heIioPrarmra 49,
Photographers " "iiue
And now for some "reminiscences ..r, t. ,h;.
IL, of ba
10 our question. since took our first nboto
graph for Her Majesty II was ~ H. tI p,.'.o
Co!,eiy accident, and the picture made was
OF the broken beam. which. you will remember
tne PIT Tor many hours. Four five wears after
that we took our first photograph of the Queen
nuiseIi' AT baimoral. But will show you thu,
aipu IN winch We have preserved every like
ness we have taken OF Her Majesty and other
members OF the royal family"
AN ALBUM OF ROYAL. IIKENESSrS
The album is brought. Mr. Downey turns tho
pages and we behold the Queen as she was in
ane saSs'es me seventies the eighties. and she
appears IN the present decade. Needless to say
these rows and rows of likenesses are of absorb
ing interest. Apart from its queenly interest it
forms an excellent object lesson in the changing
OF fashions in dress for thirty years Meanwb1.
Mr.; Down n keeps up running commentary.
ihese ne explains We're taken at Balmoral
Abergeldie. Frogmore. Windsor Castle osborne
ana huek ..It Palace. Here you may
Majesty down to little Prince Edward OF York
lhere. pointing to a quaint. faded print; that
is perhaps the most successful portrait / ever
took OF Her Majesty. 1t owed its success 10 the
queens favorite collie. Sharp. Her Majesty
wished to be taken with him. but Sharp who
was no respecter even OF royal persons refused
To keep still. -A.ter several Intellectual ATTEMPTS
| to take the photograph on my part. Her Majesty
would have relinquished the idea of being taken
with sharp had not John Brown who was in
| attendance. given the dog a good shaking and
| remarked in broad Scotch But he maun sit
| still. Your Majesty This made the Queen
smile. and. the dog keeping quiet, the negative
showed the Queen smiling That how that
! photo was taken. You may remember il had an
| nCrmouS sale"
| Slowly the leaves OF this fascinating book are
| turned over, and We behold other pictures. al
| most as interesting as that whose success was
due to the royal collie. Here, for instance. is n
Photograph taken OF the Queen in the dress
which she wore on the occasion of the Prince
! of Waess thanksgiving at St. Pauls. Here is
another depicting the Queen horseback;
John Brown is also in this picture. This is No.
O. in the album OF Her Majestys private photo
graphs. No. Us represents Mer Majesty on her
| ivory throne; in No. a. she is wearing the Kohl
moor diamond Of worldwide celebrity: in
No. a she is with group of children. among
them the late Duke OF Clarence: Nos. $50 rep
resent the Queen at her spinning wheel. while
No. 81 to ~ are PHI otographs of Her Majesty
at her writing table
1t may interest you to know" Mr.. Dow
ney, putting the great album under lock and
key again. that in the Commemora ton photo
graph the QUEEN is holding Il very interesting
fan. Her Majesty asked for a light fan when
she was posing for me, so her attendants brought
her light coored one. 1t was, however. a fan
light in weight that the Queen required. so then