Lallie Charles
(1869-1919), PhotographerLallie Charles (née Charlotte Elizabeth Martin)
Sitter in 10 portraits
Artist associated with 102 portraits
Inspired by the success of Alice Hughes, Charlotte ('Lallie') Charles opened her first photographic studio in 1896, at The Nook in Regent's Park, London. Lallie and her sister Rita became the most commercially successful women portraitists of the first decade of the 1900s.
Isabella Martin; Lallie Charles; Rita Martin
by Lallie Charles
whole-plate glass negative, circa 1899
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Isabella Martin; Rita Martin; Lallie Charles
by Lallie Charles
whole-plate glass negative, circa 1899
NPG x68948
by Lallie Charles
vintage print, 1900s
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by Lallie Charles
bromide contact print, early 1910s
On display at The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NPG x68950
by Miss Compton Collier
cream-toned bromide print on brown folder, circa 1917
NPG x68996
unknown woman; Lallie Charles; Ida Adams
by Miss Compton Collier
cream-toned bromide print on brown folder, circa 1917
NPG x68994
unknown woman; Ida Adams; Lallie Charles
by Miss Compton Collier
cream-toned bromide print on brown folder, circa 1917
NPG x68995
Group including Sir Charles Blake Cochran, Raymond Hitchcock, Lallie Charles and Herbert Carr
by Miss Compton Collier
cream-toned bromide print on brown folder, circa 1917
NPG x68997
Group including Lallie Charles, Herbert Carr, Raymond Hitchcock and Sir Charles Blake Cochran
by Miss Compton Collier
cream-toned bromide print on brown folder, circa 1917
NPG x68998
Isabella Martin; Lallie Charles; Rita Martin
by Lallie Charles
modern print from original whole-plate glass negative, circa 1899; printed 2022
On display in Room 29 on Floor 1 at the National Portrait Gallery
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Related People
- Herbert Carr (husband)
- Lallie Charles Cowell (née Martin) (niece)
- Kathleen Gandey (née Pow) (niece)
- Isabella Martin (sister)
- Rita Martin (sister)
- Bruce Wardlaw Pow (nephew)
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