Cavendish Morton
(1874-1939), Photographer, actor and film directorSitter associated with 15 portraits
Artist associated with 115 portraits
The actor, art director and photographer Cavendish Morton was born in New York to British parents. He took up photography in the late 1890s, photographing an actor in Lillie Langtry's production of The Degenerates. Morton had a studio at 60 Primrose Mansions, Battersea Park, London. He specialised in stage and society portraits, experimented with the autochrome process and became a leading photographer of the Edwardian period.
by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, 1903
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by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, 1903
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by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, 1903
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by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, 1903
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by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, 1903
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by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, 1903
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by Cavendish Morton, printed and published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
chromolithograph, 1903
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by Cavendish Morton, printed and published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
chromolithograph, 1903
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by Cavendish Morton, printed and published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
chromolithograph, 1903
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by Cavendish Morton, printed and published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
chromolithograph, 1903
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by Cavendish Morton, printed and published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
chromolithograph, 1903
NPG x128859
George W. Walker in 'In Dahomey'
by Cavendish Morton
platinotype print, 1903
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by Cavendish Morton
platinotype print, 1903
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by Cavendish Morton
platinotype print, 1903
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by Cavendish Morton
platinotype print, 1903
NPG x46661
Mattie Edwards in 'In Dahomey'
by Cavendish Morton
platinotype print, 1903
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Mattie Edwards in 'In Dahomey'
by Cavendish Morton
platinotype print, 1903
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Aida Overton Walker in 'In Dahomey'
by Cavendish Morton
platinotype print, 1903
On display in Room 24 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
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Aida Overton Walker in 'In Dahomey'
by Cavendish Morton
platinotype print, 1903
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Aida Overton Walker in 'In Dahomey'
by Cavendish Morton
sepia glossy print on printing-out paper, 1903
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Related People
- Concordia Merrel (Mary Phyllis Joan Morton (née Logan)) (wife)
- Cavendish Morton (son)
- Concord Morton (father)
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