Walter Bird
(1903-1969), PhotographerSitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 1429 portraits
In the early years of his career Bird worked mostly on advertising commissions and portraits of actors, published in magazines such as Tatler and Theatre World. He published several books on photography including Eves without Leaves (1940), which proved popular with British troops during the Second World War. On the death of Walter Stoneman in 1958 Bird took over his position as chief photographer for J. Russell& Sons, purchasing the business in 1961. Bird superseded Stoneman as the official photographer for the National Photographic Record, initiated by the National Portrait Gallery in 1917 to record important and influential citizens.
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1920s
NPG x194031
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1920s
NPG x194368
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1920s
NPG x194369
Helen Shingler, Cathleen Mary Nesbitt and Edward Chapman in 'Breach of Marriage'
by Walter Bird
vintage print, 1947-1948
NPG x183948
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1949
NPG x159758
Robert Hugh Turton, Baron Tranmire of Upsall
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1949
NPG x185762
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Walter Bird
bromide print on card mount, 1950s
NPG x28757
Sir Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt
by Walter Bird
bromide print on card mount, 1950s
NPG x28733
Frederick Godber, 1st Baron Godber of Mayfield
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1950s
NPG x16452
Sir Frederick Robertson Parham
by Walter Bird
bromide print, July 1950
NPG x169808
by Walter Bird
vintage print, circa 1950s
NPG x183959
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1951
NPG x33860
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1954
NPG x167699
Philip Le Marchant Stonhouse Stonhouse-Gostling
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1954
NPG x185506
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1955
NPG x135376
Sir Alexander Colin Burlington Symon
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1956
NPG x185578
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1957
NPG x163479
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1957
NPG x163554
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1957
NPG x165406
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