The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-22
PICTURES SOLD BY MILLION. Eiffe1 Tower Far Ahead of Anything
 Else in Popularity.

An artists lot is not always a happy one. The late Holman Hunt struggled for years against adverse criticism in his effort to simplify, purify and poverty was so great that he made Up his mind to emigate to Canada; but fortunately, Millias came to his brothers rescue and persuaded him to go down in Surrey and continue his work.
 It fas> there that he painted the background for his famous picture, '"The Light of the World.'' For three months Holman Hunt painted all night in the open air by the light of the full moon and solitary candle, and during that time he placed upon over the world The Light of the Wrold' was exhibited, and caused a great sensation. Reproductions sold in every town and country village. Its sales Up to the present time can- not fall short of a million.
 The original picture was placed in the chapel at Oxford, but later the artist spent some weeks repairing the damage that had been caused by neglect. Then he painted large copy, which was hung in St. PauPS Cathe- dral
 ''The Light of the World" is almost, but not quite, the most popular re- ligious painting in existence. It is beaten by the wonderful Head of Christi by Max. There is no neck just the head. The eyes seemed to be closed, but after gazing at the painting for some time they appear to open. It is, of course, merely an artists trick, but so wonderful does it seem that some people regard it as a miracle. This is the most popular of religious paintings, and we'll over million re- productions of it have been sold.
 The picture that beats all records is that of Eiffel Tower. In two years one firm of photographers sold over 100000 copies, and at the present time there are between 3,00O,0OO and A. 0o0.00o scattered about the world.
 Compared with this the sales of photographs of the Tower Bridge are quite insignificant, although they to say, Londoners do not buy many of these pictures. Most of them are bought by visitors to the metropolis, who take them away as souvenirs.
 The historical interest of the Tower of London always appeals to those who come to London for a holiday, and hundreds of thousands of photogra phs of the tower have been carried across the Atlantic to the states. The sale of 1t greatly exceeds those of the Tow CT Bridge, and since photography be- came so popular it is estimated that dpOuI l,GOU,OUU plCluIeS OI lHS lOW0r have been produced. At the small sum of a penny each this would real ize 5000 pounds sterling, but many of these are sold for and 3 shillings, and even more.
 The sales of photographs of the late Queen Victoria were simply enormous, and must during her life time have to- taled 1,500, ,000. Thousands of pounds worth have been sold in the colonies and in India, and in one case a single firm took more than 5.U0O pounds sterling worth in one consign- ment. The photograph of Queen AL exandra command a ready sale; one firm makes more than 1000 pounds a year from this source alone.
 To an actress her face is indeed her fortune. A very beautiful and popu- lar American actress had made nearly 5000 pounds sterling in royalties from the sales of her photographs, and the firm of photographers who possess the copyright have netted between 25,OOu and 30,OOO pounds from sales of it.
 On the Continent the sale of Liane de Pougy, the celebrated actress, is al- ways in demand, and there are nearly TOO, 900 photographs of her treasured up in Continental homes.-Mancheste Union. \