Walter Bird (1903-1969), Photographer
Sitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 1350 portraits
In the early years of his career Bird worked mostly on advertising commissions and portraits of actors, published in magazines such as Tatler and Theatre World. He published several books on photography including Eves without Leaves (1940), which proved popular with British troops during the Second World War. On the death of Walter Stoneman in 1958 Bird took over his position as chief photographer for J. Russell& Sons , purchasing the business in 1961. Bird superseded Stoneman as the official photographer for the National Photographic Record, initiated by the National Portrait Gallery in 1917 to record important and influential citizens.
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1946
NPG x163423
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Walter Bird
bromide print on card mount, 1950s
NPG x28757
Sir Luke William Burke Teeling
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1950
NPG x21921
Sir Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt
by Walter Bird
bromide print on card mount, 1950s
NPG x28733
Frederick Godber, 1st Baron Godber of Mayfield
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1950s
NPG x16452
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1955
NPG x135376
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1957
NPG x163554
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1957
NPG x165406
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1957
NPG x165614
by Walter Bird
bromide print on card mount, 1957
NPG x166897
Gerald Chester Kearley, 2nd Viscount Devonport
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1957
NPG x167119
Mary Alice (née Gascoyne-Cecil), Duchess of Devonshire
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1957
NPG x167122
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1958
NPG x163619
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1958
NPG x163681
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1958
NPG x163911
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1958
NPG x165278
George Patrick Demaine Blacker
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1958
NPG x165291
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