Hills & Saunders
(active 1850-1900), PhotographersArtist associated with 206 portraits
Appointed as photographers to Edward, Prince of Wales for their portraits of him while he was at Oxford University, Robert Hills and John Henry Saunders later opened their Oxford Photographic Gallery in Eton in around 1863. From then on their business flourished, and they were in constant demand when the Court was in residence at Windsor.
Algernon Charles Swinburne with nine of his peers at Oxford
by Hills & Saunders
albumen print, circa 1859-1860
NPG P416
by George Giberne, printed by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG P452
by Hills & Saunders
carbon print, 17 July 1893
NPG P51
Magdalen Wellesley (née Montagu)
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1855-1880
NPG Ax10023
Hon. Robert Bruce; Herbert William Fisher; King Edward VII; Frederick Charles Keppel
by Hills & Saunders
albumen print on paper mount, circa 1858
NPG x25018
Hon. Robert Bruce; Herbert William Fisher; King Edward VII; Frederick Charles Keppel
by Hills & Saunders
albumen print, circa 1858
NPG x134652
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, early-mid 1860s
NPG Ax29672
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax25088
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax18290
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax18291
by Hills & Saunders, after Unknown artist
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax18292
by Hills & Saunders, after Unknown artist
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax18293
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax46399
Constance Anna Walker (née Case, later Cornwall Legh)
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax46433
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax46432
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax7527
by Hills & Saunders
press print, circa 1860
NPG x14382
Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Leveson-Gower (née Howard), Duchess of Sutherland
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax30376
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax8559
Sir Wroth Acland Lethbridge, 4th Bt
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax77162
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x15593
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x132244
Lady Caroline Margaret Courtenay (née Cocks)
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x132247
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860-1863
NPG x132319
The 7th Duke of Marlborough and his family
by Hills & Saunders
albumen print, 1860s
NPG Ax33523
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax39792
Edward Cardwell, Viscount Cardwell
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax39893
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax39898
Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, 4th Bt
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax39913
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax46925
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Bt
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax8571
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax9542
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax9544
Samuel Wilberforce; James Randall; Henry Hutchinson Swinny
by Hills & Saunders
albumen print, 1860s
NPG Ax9674
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x12973
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x32143
by Hills & Saunders
albumen print, 1860s
NPG x5181
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Hills & Saunders
half-plate glass negative, 1860s
NPG x35281
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Hills & Saunders
glass negative, 1860
NPG x35282
Albert Basil Orme Wilberforce with three unknown men
by Hills & Saunders, after Unknown engraver
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax10052
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x26942
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG Ax7477
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s
NPG x15567
Houseparty group after the presentation of Edward VII's D.C.L.
by Hills & Saunders
albumen print, June 1863
NPG x4336
The 7th Duke of Marlborough and his family
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1864
NPG Ax29663
The Duke and Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine with their eldest daughter
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 13 June 1864
NPG Ax46179
The Duke and Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine with their eldest daughter
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 13 June 1864
NPG x35076
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x36349
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 26 March 1864
NPG Ax131369
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG Ax131373
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine; Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG Ax131378
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite on paper mount, 2 April 1864
NPG x131716
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x15724
Princess Beatrice of Battenberg; Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 26 March 1864
NPG Ax46729
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 19 April 1864
NPG Ax46745
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 2 April 1864
NPG Ax46746
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 2 April 1864
NPG Ax46747
Princess Beatrice of Battenberg
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 26 March 1864
NPG x26128
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 26 March 1864
NPG x26133
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Ms Freya Violet Locke
19 July 2022, 01:56
John Henry Saunders first married Catherine Hill, no relation to Robert. Catherine's Brother Richard Claude Hill was a photographer for the company.