Evening star., 1921-07-17

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Is ,:s.,. rs: know 's ~.:s,.:,oa ss q: man. a.
any President, senator,
general or admiral during the forty
odd years he lived here, and more
men knew Brady we'll than knew
well any man in official life. Old
men remember him as small
wiry. nervous. genial and likeable
man, while middle-aged men remem-
ber him as q man slight in stature
with long and abundant gray hair,
flowing mustache of gray, a gray
"Roatee"-and still wiry. genial ana
nkeable. Many remember him as
wearing spectacles with heavy plue
lenses, as his sight began TO ran ana
remember him as he hoooieo anu
bumped along on an crutSnes, Sn ,ranbles an les and
disappointments, but still genial ana
likeable. He has been dead six months
more than twenty-five years. ana ne
was seventy-six years old "heh he
died. .s.,
n does not seem so long ago that
YOU. as q child, as a bride, or as 3
BRIDEGROOM, sat for your portray IN
Brady's studio over Noah walker
clothing store. 627 Pennsylvania ave.
nue.. or in hi. te.d later 'tndle tisnet ONCE at
the northeast corner of the Avenue
and 18th street. Later than th1s
1radv had a studio at No. III
street, but he was not there long.
Perhaps It may be perfectly he seas0. nost
able to write that b5aoy .h mast m widely
RsanoWn-photoerapher saWI who ever lived:
Al one time-that is, in the days OF tne
daguerreotype. and In the essy esy.;s.s 49,.
Of photography as now p,
iencs Of his work. As the chemical And
mechanical sides Of photogFeDhE1ere
developed thousands of-mAn cApA .into
the business who had not passeo
throush tn: ! :. dssssssssssses q 1sssssssnssssssss Many Many
than eb 1ness srsdy s made wisn iHs Ar, wa:
Younr. and some Of them A. good
photographs as Brady MADE WIZ the
improved processes. but II " nos nin,
tures than Brady, He adorted Sau tne
new ways as they came along. ana
sometimes helped them to come along
and adopted them first.
DUT Brady's prestige was because
D he was a pioneer in the art. and
becsuse In his New York stu&ies, be-
fore coming to Washington. the most
famous persons in government ONCE
in letters. music and the drama In
finance. business and society sought
him to have their portraits maze; ,has has
of European cities. and BRADY the
Photographer was nearly as.widely
known among what Tor convenience
are called "the higher clAsses" IN Lon
don. Paris and Rome as I,. re Vas FL nnGwn SS .
from abroad dropped into Brady's
studios in New York and Washington.
This was 30 with the Prince OF Wales.
later to be crowned King Edwaro VII.
who. with his suite. visited the Unite United
as Baron Renfrow. and his party
visited the Brady studio in New York.
Brady was already the fashionable
photographer. but the patronage OF
the prince seemed to make It neces-
body, or everybody who considered
that he or she was anybody. or every
body who wanted to be considered as
anybody. must 60 down to Brady's for
George Alfred Townsend published
an Interview with Brady in the New
York World. April IL. 1891, and the
visit Of the Prince Of Wales was
touched on in this way:
Mr.. George Alfred Townseno-Wa as
the Lonoon eAhioie'oh "a ~
Mr.. Brady-Indeed, it was. That
wear I went through the galleries OF
Europe and found my pictures every
where as far as Rome and Naples.
When in 1850 the Prince OF Wales
amidst much competition. that he and
his party came to my gallery and re-
peatedly sat. So said to the Duke OF
Newcastle: your grace. might ask
to what owe your favor to my stu
die" Are you not tho me- Mr; SLaoy n,ns y.ars n
ago in London? You owe It to your
self. We had your place Of business
down in our notebooks before We
Mr.. Townsend-Did you take pic
lures in ENGLAND IN 1851! cs,,.,
wiseman. the Earl of Carlisle and
others. In Paris I took Lamartine'
Cavaignec and others. and Mr.: Thomp-
SON. with me. took Louis Napoleon
then freshly emperor:
Some Of these. original negatives OF
the prince and his party. taken by MT;
Brady at his New York studio in 1850
are in washington. and the group pic
ture accompanying this story was
printed from one of those negatives
gested the writing Of this story about
A great collection Of Brady mega
tives is in Washington. There are TO-
900 of them. nearly all OF them being
the negatives Of men and women. and
among those 10000 plates one can find
the image Of nearly everybody OF note
in American history up to about 1S94
and dating far back in the country's
youth. The making Of these mega
tiyes began in 1912. and those OF 1912
to 1852 to 1852 include hundreds OF
men and women whose fame was
brightest in 1910. 1920 and 1880, and
who had passed out Of the thoughts OF
ordinary men In 1s41 and the years
Following, when "a old men and won-
en- Brady make their pictures.
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coMETIMES these faded celebrities
- sought out Brady. but oftener he
sought them. because in the noon Of
their fame the art Of picture taking
has not progressed far. and Brady, .
man Of sentiment and ideals, wanted
that his cameras and his plates should
transmit liiksnessss Of these people %
ether generations. Eight thousand