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, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
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by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39023
Francis Browning Drew Bickerstaffe-Drew
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39024
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39025
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39026
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39027
Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture and 3rd Baron Kinnaird of Rossie
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39029
Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther, 1st Bt
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39030
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39031
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39032
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39033
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39034
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39035
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39036
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39037
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39038
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39039
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39040
Arthur Cecil Murray, 3rd Viscount Elibank
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39042
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39043
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