Hay Wrightson
(1874-1949), PhotographerArtist associated with 357 portraits
Ladapo Samuel Ademola II, King of Abeokuta and an unknown attendant
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 11 June 1937
NPG x132171
Ladapo Samuel Ademola II, King of Abeokuta and an unknown attendant
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 11 June 1937
NPG x132172
Ladapo Samuel Ademola II, King of Abeokuta and an unknown attendant
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 11 June 1937
NPG x132173
Ladapo Samuel Ademola II, King of Abeokuta
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 11 June 1937
NPG x132174
Ladapo Samuel Ademola II, King of Abeokuta
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 11 June 1937
NPG x132175
Ladapo Samuel Ademola II, King of Abeokuta
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 11 June 1937
NPG x132176
Ladapo Samuel Ademola II, King of Abeokuta
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 11 June 1937
NPG x132177
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 12 May 1937
NPG x44227
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 12 May 1937
NPG x44228
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film transparency, 12 May 1937
NPG x132143
Princess Martha of Sweden; Maud, Queen of Norway; Olav V, King of Norway
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 12 May 1937
NPG x44229
King George VI; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 12 May 1937
NPG x44224
King George VI; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 12 May 1937
NPG x44225
King George VI; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 12 May 1937
NPG x44226
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 12 May 1937
NPG x132133
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film transparency, 12 May 1937
NPG x132134
King George VI; Princess Margaret; Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 12 May 1937
NPG x32325
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester; Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 12 May 1937
NPG x132138
Prince George, Duke of Kent; Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 12 May 1937
NPG x132139
Prince George, Duke of Kent; Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 12 May 1937
NPG x132140
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Ray klees
06 January 2017, 13:20
My father was an American bomber pilot, based at Snetterton-Heath, south of Norwich. He went to London on leave occasionally. He sat for portraits at the Studio of Hay Wrightson. Wrightson took a liking to my father and wrote, by hand, a beautiful letter to my grandmother (about whom my father spoke to Wrightson about) telling her that my father seemed burdened and worried in his first sitting. He could not find a smile for any portrait. But on his 3nd visit, Wrightson was pleased to find the subject more relieved and better-spirited. Wrightson was most pleased by that. It is a beautiful letter we have cherished since 1944. I tried to return it to the address on the stationery... Bond Street, I believe, but of course, proprietary had changed. We still have this touching and personal communique that my grandmother always saved and read often.