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Walter Stoneman (1876-1958), Photographer

Sitter in 4 portraits
Artist associated with 14238 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.

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x165522

Sir John Edward Spencer Brind

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, February 936
NPG x165522

x34168

Annie Besant (née Wood)

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, circa 1890
NPG x34168

x166190

James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print
NPG x166190

x166535

Francis George Gillilan Chilton

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print
NPG x166535

Ax39133

William Moore Ede

by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
platinum print, 1900s
NPG Ax39133

x163982

William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1910s
NPG x163982

x165581

Alfred Milner, Viscount Milner

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1910s
NPG x165581

x165654

Sir George Brookman

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1910s
NPG x165654

x166180

Sir John Tomlinson Brunner, 1st Bt

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1910s
NPG x166180

x167103

Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1910s
NPG x167103

Ax39028

Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien

by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1914
NPG Ax39028

x165357

Sir (John) Langdon Bonython

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1915
NPG x165357

x31062

Stanley Owen Buckmaster, 1st Viscount Buckmaster

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1915
NPG x31062

x28302

Sir (Cecil Frederick) Nevil Macready, 1st Bt

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, circa 1915-1916
NPG x28302

x163613

Sir John Anderson

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG x163613

x21719

Robert George Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG x21719

x167012

Randall Thomas Davidson, Baron Davidson of Lambeth

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG x167012

x166879

Sir William Crookes

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG x166879

Ax39025

Sir Alfred Pearce Gould

by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39025

Ax39026

Bertram Pollock

by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39026

Place
London