Henry Van der Weyde (1838-1924), Painter and photographer
Sitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 41 portraits
A founder member of the Linked Ring Brotherhood of those 'who delight in photography soley for it' artistic possibilities', he was a painter turned professional portrait photographer. In 1892 he publicised his photo corrector (Rectograph) causing a stir in the world of photography. In 1877 Van der Weyde became the first photographer to install and take portraits by electric light allowing him to take a lot of portraits in a short period of time. The light was provided by a Crossley gas engine which drove a Siemens dynamo, which in turn fed an arc light in a five-foot reflector. Owing to lack of money the patent of this was never completed.
after Henry Van der Weyde
watercolour over photograph, circa 1878-81
NPG P552
Emilie Charlotte ('Lillie') Langtry (née Le Breton)
by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet print, April 1885
NPG P863
by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet card, 1870s-1900s
NPG x45743
after Henry Van der Weyde
watercolour over copy photograph, circa late 1870s
NPG x127701
Dorothy Dene (Ada Alice Pullen)
by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet card, 1880s
NPG x128420
Emilie Charlotte ('Lillie') Langtry (née Le Breton)
by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet card, 1881
NPG x45211
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Galatea in 'Pygmalion and Galatea'
by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet card, 1884
NPG x22239
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet'
by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet card, 1884
NPG x4184
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet'
by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet card, 1884
NPG x75
Jeanette ('Jennie') Churchill (née Jerome), Lady Randolph Churchill
by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet card, 1887
NPG x26371
by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet card, 1888
NPG x12856
by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet card, 1888
NPG x29181
by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet card, 1889
NPG x76511
by Henry Van der Weyde
platinotype cabinet card, 1891
NPG x136382
Margaret Stuyvesant White (née Rutherford); Henry White
by Henry Van der Weyde
photogravure, 1897
NPG Ax41016
by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897
NPG Ax41017
Princess Felicie of Clary and Aldringen
by Henry Van der Weyde
photogravure, 1897
NPG Ax41033
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