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The Royal Family. By William and Daniel Downey.
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The Royal Family. By William and Daniel Downey.
1900 William Downey, Sarah Bernhardt in character as Theodora the Empress of Byzantium (Empress Theodora) in "Theodora: A Drama in Five Acts and Eight Tableau" (1885) by Victorien Sardou. Premiered: Theatre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris.
Sardou's enthusiasm for historical authenticity was shared by his star. Weeks before ordering her costumes, she journed to Ravenna and stood long hours in the Church of San Vitale studying the magnificent mosaics with their startling portraits of Theodora and Justinian staring menacingly forth from barbaric gold. She made sketches of every robe, every fold, every detail or ornamentation. When she returned to Paris she had completed in detail a dressmaker's design for each outfit, as well as those for her stage jeweller, even to that death-dealing hairpin. Her wardrobe along cost more than the average production. Her costumer figured out that toiling in her work rooms she and her assistants had sewn on by hand more than 4,500 'gems'. (x)
King Haakon VII of Norway. By W. & D. Downey.
The image is bassed on a half-length photograph of the king by W. & D. Downey.
Carlo Alfredo Piatti (1822-1901) photographed in the 1890′s by famous photographers William & Daniel Downey, photographers from 1863 onward. Read here for more information and many more pictures by them. Here is a cello concerto Carlo Piatti wrote, conveyed to you via youtube.
Actress and socialite Lillie Langtry photographed by William Downey, 1885.
Actress and socialite Lillie Langtry c.1885 photographed by William Downey
William Downey
William Downey was my anatomy professor this past semester. Didn’t necessarily learn a lot about ‘scientific anatomy’ but I learned so much about the art of drawing the human figure, and I progressed so quickly because of him. I’m posting two of his abstract paintings but he’s also an amazing figurative artist and knows so much about art / art history , and has an extensive resume. Just had to share his work !