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Sarony
| Name | Sarony |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | Union Square 37 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Fotoatelier |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 213] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1868 |
Gründung |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Lichtbilder |
1884 |
[New Yorks great ind. (1884)] |
1884 |
[New Yorks great ind. (1884)] |
Photographic Artist |
| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | Recent years have wrought wonderful changes for the better in the photographer's art, and he who has not had himself photographed is greatly behind the times. The most prominent and leading photographic gallery in this country or Europe is that of Napoleon Sarony, No. 37 Union Square, which was originally established by the present proprietor in 1868, and since its inception at that date has alwavs enjoyed a most liberal and influential patronage from the best classes of society in consequence of the unsurpassed excellence and fidelity of his various productions. The premises occupied are very spacious and commodious, and comprise five floors 80x30 feet in area, admirably arranged and fitted up tastefully and elegantly. The impression on first entering one of these spacious and lofty apartments is one of grateful surprise, many rare, beautiful, and interesting objects being arranged in it in extraordinary profusion and harmony. It would be impossible to mention a tithe of the many wonderful curiosities here so admirably grouped, but they include Toltec and Aztec pottery and antiquities, perhaps the finest extant, that were saved from the ruthless hands of the Spaniards under Cortez, when in 1520 he invaded the distant home of the Aztecs on the lofty and elevated plateau of Anahuac. This collection numbers some two hundred and fifty pieces and consists of idols, vases, jugs, cups, etc., alone worthy of study and contemplation for hours, readily recalling the social life and customs of that peculiar people, their sanguinary rites and religious ceremonies, and also that terrible im- molation of human life for which they were so remarkable. One jar in this collection is valued at over two hundred dollars. All kinds of native arms and antiquities are here collected, comprising weapons from the South Sea Islands; Esquimau fishing-hooks made of bone; Australian war-cleaver in ironwood and teak; African water-jars and Peruvian slings; and the assegai, that terrible weapon of the Zulus which pierced the unfortunate Prince Imperial in South Africa. Another prominent object is a Chinese bell weighing many hundred pounds. There are also Chinese and Buddhist idols, and numerous splendid Etruscan vases, and a real, genuine Egyptian mummy in a fine state of preservation. In addition to the above, and besides some few frames containing less pretentious cabinet portraits, the attention of the visitor is attracted by several noble works in pastel, charcoal, water-colors, and oil. The former, excellent of their kind, portray many of the leading public characters and first society personages of America. The name of Sarony is well known from Maine to California and from Canada to Texas for the unexcelled finish, beauty, and lifelike fidelity of his portraits, and his fame has likewise spread to South America, Europe, and Australia.. Mr. Sarony makes a specialty of life-size portraits in oil, crayons, pastel, and the various smaller sizes in water-colors and india-ink. Mr. Sarony is a member of all the art clubs and societies in New York, and is assisted in the management of his business by his son Otto, who is prominent in athletic sports and captain of the New York Athletic Club, and likewise a popular member of the Carteret and Fountain Gun Clubs, and has woa a number of medals for his skill in pigeon-shooting. Both father and son are held in the highest estimation in social and mercantile circles for their unswerving honor and strict integrity, and have obtained a prominence accorded only to those whose transactions have been based on the sound principles of commercial probity. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 213] |
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