Cavendish Morton
(1874-1939), Photographer, actor and film directorSitter associated with 15 portraits
Artist associated with 115 portraits
The actor, art director and photographer Cavendish Morton was born in New York to British parents. He took up photography in the late 1890s, photographing an actor in Lillie Langtry's production of The Degenerates. Morton had a studio at 60 Primrose Mansions, Battersea Park, London. He specialised in stage and society portraits, experimented with the autochrome process and became a leading photographer of the Edwardian period.
Sir Harry Lauder as Wee Silly Willy Winks in 'The Saftest O' The Family'
by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, 1904
NPG P492
Sir Harry Lauder as Wee Silly Willy Winks in 'The Saftest O' The Family'
by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, 1904
NPG P493
by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, 1904
NPG P494
by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, 1904
NPG P495
by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, 1904
NPG P496
by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, circa 1904
NPG P479
by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, 1905
NPG P477
Julian Vinogradoff (née Morrell); Lady Ottoline Morrell
by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, circa 1911
NPG P478
by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, circa 1911
NPG P480
by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, 1900s
NPG x128824
by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, 1900s
NPG x128825
by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, 1900s
NPG x128841
by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, 1900s
NPG x128847
by Cavendish Morton
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x200575
by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, 1900s
NPG x45646
by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, circa 1902
NPG x128860
by Cavendish Morton
vintage print, circa 1902
NPG x128861
by Cavendish Morton, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
postcard reproduction, circa 1902
NPG x128862
by Cavendish Morton, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
postcard reproduction, circa 1902
NPG x128863
by Cavendish Morton, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
postcard reproduction, circa 1902
NPG x128864
Related People
- Concordia Merrel (Mary Phyllis Joan Morton (née Logan)) (wife)
- Cavendish Morton (son)
- Concord Morton (father)
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