Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
(1847-1908), PhotographerArtist associated with 70 portraits
Born in Germany, Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn spent his youth in Poland. He fled to England for political reasons, where he began a photographic career, working for Daniel Downey in Newcastle upon Tyne. Mendelssohn subsequently set up his own studio there in 1873, first on Oxford Street and then on Northumberland Street. He moved to London in 1883, establishing studios on Cathcart Road, South Kensington, and Pembridge Crescent, Bayswater. A member of the Royal Photographic Society from 1884, Mendelssohn was also a founder member of the Professional Photographers Association.
Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant
by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
albumen print, before 1894
NPG P1700(3b)
Sarah Grand (Frances Elizabeth Bellenden McFall, née Clarke)
by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
albumen print, 1894
NPG P1700(3c)
Princess Helen, Duchess of Albany
by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
albumen print, 1870s
NPG Ax68451
by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1879
NPG x15583
by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
albumen cabinet card, 1880s
NPG Ax5572
by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
albumen print, 1880s
NPG Ax68472
by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
albumen cabinet card, 1880s
NPG x22253
by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
albumen cabinet card, 1880s
NPG x22267
Laura (née Waldegrave), Countess of Selborne
by Walker & Boutall, after Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
photogravure, (1880-1885)
NPG x22496
by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
albumen cabinet card, 1882-1887
NPG Ax5563
Leopold Hamilton Myers; Eveleen Myers (née Tennant)
by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
albumen print, circa 1883
NPG Ax68346
Leopold Hamilton Myers; Eveleen Myers (née Tennant)
by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
albumen print, circa 1883
NPG Ax68347
Leopold Hamilton Myers; Eveleen Myers (née Tennant)
by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
albumen print, circa 1883
NPG Ax68348
Leopold Hamilton Myers; Eveleen Myers (née Tennant)
by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
albumen cabinet card, circa 1883
NPG x45391
by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
albumen print, circa 1883
NPG Ax68349
by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
albumen cabinet card, mid 1880s
NPG Ax5567
by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
albumen cabinet card, 1883
NPG Ax5571
by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
albumen cabinet card, mid 1880s
NPG x35192
by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
albumen print, mid 1880s
NPG x9201
by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
albumen cabinet card, 1 November 1884
NPG x128428
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