George Charles Beresford
(1864-1938), PhotographerSitter in 2 portraits
Artist associated with 388 portraits
Leaving college in 1882, Beresford went to India as a civil engineer but, suffering badly from malaria, had to return to England. From 1902 to 1932 he worked as a portraitist in Yeomans Row in Knightsbridge, London, specialising in platinotype portraits of writers, artists and politicians that appeared regularly in publications of the time such as The World's Work, The Sketch, The Tatler and The Illustrated London News. During World War One he donated his profits to the Red Cross and later became an antique dealer. The National Portrait Gallery purchased a number of original negatives and prints from his secretary Miss Toplis in 1943.
Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
by George Charles Beresford
half-plate glass negative, 1902
NPG x6508
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce
by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 1902
NPG x6451
by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 1902
NPG x6487
Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 1902
NPG x6509
by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, circa 1902
NPG x6579
by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 1902
NPG x6595
by George Charles Beresford
vintage print, 1902
NPG x228
by George Charles Beresford
vintage print, 1902
NPG x229
by George Charles Beresford
vintage print, 1902
NPG x230
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce
by George Charles Beresford
vintage print, 1902
NPG x4839
by George Charles Beresford
sepia-toned platinum print, 1902
NPG x5039
by George Charles Beresford
sepia-toned platinotype, 1 August 1902
NPG x6171
by George Charles Beresford
sepia-toned platinotype, 1 August 1902
NPG x6172
Hugh Richard Heathcote Gascoyne-Cecil, Baron Quickswood
by George Charles Beresford
sepia-toned platinotype, 1902
NPG x5730
John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn
by George Charles Beresford
platinum print, 1902
NPG x12492
by George Charles Beresford
platinum print, 1902
NPG x12473
by George Charles Beresford
platinum print, 25 August 1902
NPG x12829
by George Charles Beresford
platinum print, 25 August 1902
NPG x12828
by George Charles Beresford
sepia-toned platinotype print, circa 1902
NPG x13481
by George Charles Beresford
sepia-toned platinotype print, 1902
NPG x13489
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