Walter Stoneman
(1876-1958), PhotographerSitter in 8 portraits
Artist associated with 18527 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.
by Walter Stoneman
negative, July 1941
NPG x515
by Walter Stoneman
negative, April 1942
NPG x164164
by Walter Stoneman
negative, April 1942
NPG x164165
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, June 1946
NPG x187974
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, June 1946
NPG x187975
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, June 1946
NPG x187976
Kathleen Irene Stoneman; Brian Stoneman; Walter Stoneman
by Walter Stoneman
negative, February 1947
NPG x38263
Walter Stoneman; probably Kathleen Irene Stoneman
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, December 1948
NPG x189819
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