Henry Van der Weyde
(1838-1924), Painter and photographerSitter 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.
by Henry Van der Weyde
carbon print, 1889
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by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet card, 1889
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by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet card, 1890
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by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet card, 1890
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by Henry Van der Weyde
platinotype cabinet card, 1891
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by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
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Count Omar Hadik as Field Marshal Count Hadik
by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
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Thérèse (née Kinsky), Countess Clary-Aldringen as the Queen of Naples
by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
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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
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by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
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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
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Sybil Mary (née St Clair-Erskine), Countess of Westmorland as Hebe
by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
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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
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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
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Katherine Frances (née Lambton), Duchess of Leeds as Lalla Rookh
by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
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Mary Caroline (née Grey), Countess of Minto as Princess Andrillon
by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
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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
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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
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Alice (née Villiers), Countess of Lathom as Catherine of Aragon
by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
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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
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