Walter Bird
(1903-1969), PhotographerSitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 1429 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 Bird superseded Stoneman as the official photographer for the National Photographic Record, initiated by the National Portrait Gallery in 1917 to record important and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, 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, 1957
NPG x167397
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1957
NPG x167709
Christopher Grey Tennant, 2nd Baron Glenconner
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1957
NPG x167824
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1957
NPG x168194
Kenneth James William Mackay, 3rd Earl of Inchcape
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1957
NPG x168534
Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk
by Walter Bird
bromide print, October 1958
NPG x163112
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1958
NPG x163462
by Walter Bird
bromide print, December 1958
NPG x163619
by Walter Bird
bromide print, June 1958
NPG x163681
by Walter Bird
bromide print, July 1958
NPG x163911
Arthur Henderson, Baron Rowley
by Walter Bird
bromide print, August 1958
NPG x164029
Lawrence Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough
by Walter Bird
bromide print, September 1958
NPG x164272
by Walter Bird
bromide print, August 1958
NPG x164302
by Walter Bird
bromide print, October 1958
NPG x165278
George Patrick Demaine Blacker
by Walter Bird
bromide print, August 1958
NPG x165291
by Walter Bird
bromide print, October 1958
NPG x165387
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