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Walter Stoneman

(1876-1958), Photographer

Sitter in 8 portraits
Artist associated with 18527 portraits
From the age of twenty-one Stoneman worked as a photographer for the large established firm of J. Russell & Sons of Baker Street, London. He worked his way up, photographing society figures. By 1913, he had risen to the position of Managing Director. In 1917 he approached the Director of the National Portrait Gallery, James Milner, with an ambitious idea for a National Photographic Record. The Record was set up to photograph every eminent British person, with a photograph of each to be kept as a permanent record in the Gallery's reference collection. Stoneman photographed some 7,000 sitters on the Gallery's behalf; he worked on the Record for forty-one years, adding 100-200 portraits each year.

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John Bryan Churcher

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 6 October 1950
NPG x190950

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Sir (Arthur) Henry William King

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 9 October 1950
NPG x190951

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Sir (Arthur) Henry William King

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 9 October 1950
NPG x190952

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Sir (Arthur) Henry William King

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 9 October 1950
NPG x190953

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Sir (Arthur) Henry William King

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 9 October 1950
NPG x190954

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Sir Peter Grenville Lyon Cazalet

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, October 1950
NPG x190955

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Sir Peter Grenville Lyon Cazalet

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, October 1950
NPG x190956

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Sir Frederick Ernest James

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 18 October 1950
NPG x190957

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Sir Frederick Ernest James

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 18 October 1950
NPG x190958

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Sir (Maberly) Esler Dening

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 20 October 1950
NPG x190959

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Sir (Maberly) Esler Dening

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 20 October 1950
NPG x190960

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Arthur Charles Shortt

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 20 October 1950
NPG x190961

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Arthur Charles Shortt

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 20 October 1950
NPG x190962

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Sir William Bruce Thomas

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 25 October 1950
NPG x190963

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Sir William Bruce Thomas

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 25 October 1950
NPG x190964

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Sir William Bruce Thomas

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 25 October 1950
NPG x190965

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Alexander Fleming

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 25 October 1950
NPG x190966

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Alexander Fleming

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 25 October 1950
NPG x190967

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Percy Herbert Mills, 1st Viscount Mills

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 27 October 1950
NPG x190968

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Percy Herbert Mills, 1st Viscount Mills

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 27 October 1950
NPG x190969

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