Rita Martin (1875-1958), Photographer
Sitter in 6 portraits
Artist associated with 295 portraits
Margareta 'Rita' Martin started her photographic career in 1897 when she helped her elder sister Lallie Charles to run her studio. In 1906 she opened her own studio, working in a similar studio to Charles, photographing subjects in pale colours against a pure white background, and focused on actresses such as Lily Elsie and Lily Brayton and child studies, particularly of Gladys Cooper's two children. Several of her most reproduced child studies were of the Luke Children, whose father, a carpenter for Waring and Gillows, was responsible for building her second studio. Martin's and Charles' few surviving negatives were presented to the National Portrait Gallery by their niece Lallie Charles Martin in 1994.
by Rita Martin
bromide print, 1907
NPG P151
Gladys Carrington (née Chandler)
by Rita Martin, published by Aristophot Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x131492
Gladys Carrington (née Chandler)
by Rita Martin, published by Aristophot Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x131493
Gladys Carrington (née Chandler)
by Rita Martin, published by Aristophot Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x131494
by Rita Martin
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x131495
by Rita Martin, published by Aristophot Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x131558
by Rita Martin, published by Aristophot Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x131560
by Rita Martin, published by Aristophot Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x131559
by Rita Martin
sepia-toned matte postcard print, 1900s
NPG x125450
by Rita Martin
sepia-toned matte postcard print, 1900s
NPG x125451
by Rita Martin, published by Aristophot Co Ltd
hand-coloured bromide postcard print, mid 1900s
NPG x131548
by Rita Martin, published by Aristophot Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, mid 1900s
NPG x131549
Lily Brayton as Katherine in 'The Taming of the Shrew'
by Rita Martin
vintage postcard print, 1904
NPG x131450
Lily Brayton as Katherine in 'The Taming of the Shrew'
by Rita Martin, published by Aristophot Co Ltd
vintage postcard print, 1904
NPG x131451
Lily Brayton as Katherine in 'The Taming of the Shrew'
by Rita Martin, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1904-1908
NPG x131484
Lily Brayton as Katherine in 'The Taming of the Shrew'
by Rita Martin, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1904-1908
NPG x131490
Hester Sassoon (née Gatty); Katharine (née Morrison), Lady Gatty
by Rita Martin
cream-toned matte print on photographer's folder, 1906
NPG x68911
Hester Sassoon (née Gatty); Katharine (née Morrison), Lady Gatty
by Rita Martin
cream-toned matte print on photographer's folder, 1906
NPG x68912
Hester Sassoon (née Gatty); Katharine (née Morrison), Lady Gatty
by Rita Martin
cream-toned matte print on photographer's mount, 1906
NPG x68913
