Walter Stoneman
(1876-1958), PhotographerSitter 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.
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 6 October 1950
NPG x190950
Sir (Arthur) Henry William King
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 9 October 1950
NPG x190951
Sir (Arthur) Henry William King
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 9 October 1950
NPG x190952
Sir (Arthur) Henry William King
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 9 October 1950
NPG x190953
Sir (Arthur) Henry William King
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 9 October 1950
NPG x190954
Sir Peter Grenville Lyon Cazalet
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, October 1950
NPG x190955
Sir Peter Grenville Lyon Cazalet
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, October 1950
NPG x190956
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 18 October 1950
NPG x190957
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 18 October 1950
NPG x190958
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 20 October 1950
NPG x190959
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 20 October 1950
NPG x190960
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 20 October 1950
NPG x190961
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 20 October 1950
NPG x190962
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 25 October 1950
NPG x190963
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 25 October 1950
NPG x190964
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 25 October 1950
NPG x190965
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 25 October 1950
NPG x190966
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 25 October 1950
NPG x190967
Percy Herbert Mills, 1st Viscount Mills
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 27 October 1950
NPG x190968
Percy Herbert Mills, 1st Viscount Mills
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 27 October 1950
NPG x190969
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