Rita Martin
(1875-1958), PhotographerSitter in 7 portraits
Artist associated with 314 portraits
Margareta 'Rita' Martin started her photographic career in 1897 when she helped her elder sister Lallie Charles to run her studio. In 1906 she opened her own studio, working in a similar studio to Charles, photographing subjects in pale colours against a pure white background, and focused on actresses such as Lily Elsie and Lily Brayton and child studies, particularly of Gladys Cooper's two children. Several of her most reproduced child studies were of the Luke Children, whose father, a carpenter for Waring and Gillows, was responsible for building her second studio. Martin's and Charles' few surviving negatives were presented to the National Portrait Gallery by their niece Lallie Charles Martin in 1994.
Hester Sassoon (née Gatty); Katharine (née Morrison), Lady Gatty
by Rita Martin
cream-toned matte print on photographer's folder, 1906
NPG x68911
Hester Sassoon (née Gatty); Katharine (née Morrison), Lady Gatty
by Rita Martin
cream-toned matte print on photographer's folder, 1906
NPG x68912
Hester Sassoon (née Gatty); Katharine (née Morrison), Lady Gatty
by Rita Martin
cream-toned matte print on photographer's mount, 1906
NPG x68913
Lily Brayton as Iseult in 'Tristram and Iseult'
by Rita Martin, published by Aristophot Co Ltd
postcard print, 1906
NPG x131449
Lily Brayton as Iseult in 'Tristram and Iseult'
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1906
NPG x131462
Lily Brayton as Iseult in 'Tristram and Iseult'
by Rita Martin, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1906
NPG x131485
Lily Brayton as Iseult in 'Tristram and Iseult'
by Rita Martin, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1906
NPG x131486
Lily Brayton as Iseult in 'Tristram and Iseult'
by Rita Martin, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1906
NPG x131487
Lily Brayton as Iseult in 'Tristram and Iseult'
by Rita Martin, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1906
NPG x131488
Lily Brayton as Iseult in 'Tristram and Iseult'
by Rita Martin, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1906
NPG x131489
by Rita Martin
cream-toned matte print on card mount, 1906
NPG x45685
by Rita Martin
sepia-toned matte print on photographer's card mount, circa 1906
NPG x45679
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
hand-coloured bromide postcard print, circa 1906
NPG x45680
by Rita Martin
sepia-toned matte print on photographer's card mount, circa 1906
NPG x45681
by Rita Martin
cream-toned matte print on card mount, 1906
NPG x45684
by Rita Martin
cream-toned matte print on photographer's folder, 1906
NPG x45686
by Rita Martin
cream-toned matte print on photographer's folder, 1906
NPG x45687
by Rita Martin
cream-toned matte print on photographer's folder, 1906
NPG x45691
by Rita Martin
sepia-toned matte print on photographer's folder, 1906
NPG x45699
Lily Brayton as Althea in the 'Virgin Goddess'
by Rita Martin
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 7 November 1906
NPG x137354
Related People
- Lallie Charles (née Charlotte Elizabeth Martin) (sister)
- Lallie Charles Cowell (née Martin) (niece)
- Kathleen Gandey (née Pow) (niece)
- Isabella Martin (sister)
- Bruce Wardlaw Pow (nephew)
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Mary Ann Prior
02 January 2021, 11:27
I have recently found a photograph by Rita Martin which is quite faded but visible. It is of Constance Villiers Stuart (1876-1966) and her baby daughter Patricia (later Stuart Nemon). It must have been taken in late 1910 because Patricia was born in September. It has Rita Martin's stamp on it and the studio address 74 Baker Street. The image is No 2910-1