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Henry Van der Weyde

(1838-1924), Painter and photographer

Sitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 53 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.

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Eugen Sandow, by Henry Van der Weyde - NPG x25921

Eugen Sandow

by Henry Van der Weyde
carbon print, 1889
NPG x25921

Sir Edwin Arnold, by Henry Van der Weyde - NPG x76511

Sir Edwin Arnold

by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet card, 1889
NPG x76511

Sir Cecil Harcourt-Smith, by Henry Van der Weyde - NPG x136382

Sir Cecil Harcourt-Smith

by Henry Van der Weyde
platinotype cabinet card, 1891
NPG x136382

Count Omar Hadik as Field Marshal Count Hadik, by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41017

Count Omar Hadik as Field Marshal Count Hadik

by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41017

Thérèse (née Kinsky), Countess Clary-Aldringen as the Queen of Naples, by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41033

Thérèse (née Kinsky), Countess Clary-Aldringen as the Queen of Naples

by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41033

Prince Siegfried von Clary-Aldringen when Count von Clary-Aldringen as Count Nadasdy, by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41034

Prince Siegfried von Clary-Aldringen when Count von Clary-Aldringen as Count Nadasdy

by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41034

Montague John Guest as Montague Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey, K.G., by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41050

Montague John Guest as Montague Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey, K.G.

by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41050

Sybil Mary (née St Clair-Erskine), Countess of Westmorland as Hebe, by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41082

Sybil Mary (née St Clair-Erskine), Countess of Westmorland as Hebe

by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41082

Helen Venetia (née Duncombe), Viscountess D'Abernon as a Genoese Lady, after Vandyck, by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41083

Helen Venetia (née Duncombe), Viscountess D'Abernon as a Genoese Lady, after Vandyck

by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41083

Edgar Vincent, Viscount d'Abernon as a Dutch Stadtholder after Frans Hals, by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41084

Edgar Vincent, Viscount d'Abernon as a Dutch Stadtholder after Frans Hals

by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41084

Katherine Frances (née Lambton), Duchess of Leeds as Lalla Rookh, by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41095

Katherine Frances (née Lambton), Duchess of Leeds as Lalla Rookh

by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41095

Mary Caroline (née Grey), Countess of Minto as Princess Andrillon, by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41099

Mary Caroline (née Grey), Countess of Minto as Princess Andrillon

by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41099

George Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon when Lord Hyde as Romeo, by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41100

George Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon when Lord Hyde as Romeo

by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41100

Sir John Pepys Lister-Kaye, 3rd Bt as Sir Kaye Morte d'Arthur, by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41132

Sir John Pepys Lister-Kaye, 3rd Bt as Sir Kaye Morte d'Arthur

by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41132

Alice (née Villiers), Countess of Lathom as Catherine of Aragon, by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41146

Alice (née Villiers), Countess of Lathom as Catherine of Aragon

by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41146

Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom as the Doge Giovannius de Medici, by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41147

Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom as the Doge Giovannius de Medici

by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41147

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