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.
Mary Howe (née Curzon), Countess Howe
by Lallie Charles
matte collodion printing-out paper mounted photograph, 1913-1921
NPG x139634
Princess Alexandra, Princess Arthur of Connaught; Prince Arthur of Connaught
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, after Lallie Charles, and after Lafayette
bromide postcard print, 1913
NPG x197675
by Lallie Charles, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1913
NPG x193227
by Lallie Charles
print, 1915
NPG x26073
by Lallie Charles
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 20 January 1915
NPG x137568
by Lallie Charles
halftone reproduction, published 7 June 1916
NPG Ax105742
Ivor Novello; Clara Novello Davies
by Lallie Charles
pink-toned bromide print, 1916
NPG x17128
by Lallie Charles
whole-plate glass negative, circa 1917
NPG x68962
by Lallie Charles
whole-plate glass negative, circa 1917
NPG x68963
by Lallie Charles
whole-plate glass negative, circa 1917
NPG x68964
by Lallie Charles
whole-plate glass negative, circa 1917
NPG x68965
by Lallie Charles
whole-plate glass negative, circa 1917
NPG x68966
by Lallie Charles
cream-toned bromide print, 1917
NPG x68993
by Lallie Charles
cream-toned bromide print, 1917
NPG x68992
by Lallie Charles
halftone reproduction tear sheet, 1918
NPG Ax135992
by Lallie Charles
halftone reproduction, published 31 December 1919
NPG Ax105724
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
NPG x68949MPb
Sybil Arundale (née Rosa Maria Kelly) ('My Lady Molly')
by Lallie Charles, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900-1910
NPG x194501
Sybil Arundale (née Rosa Maria Kelly) ('My Lady Molly')
by Lallie Charles, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900-1910
NPG x194502
by Lallie Charles, published by The Philco Publishing Co
bromide postcard print, 1900-1910
NPG x194505
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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