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The Watkins album: photographs by Herbert Watkins, late 1850s


143 Portraits in set

A series of photographs of distinguished contemporaries, which Watkins published with printed biographies under the title of National Gallery of Photographic Portraits. The photographer claimed in his advertisements that his photographs were 'as remarkable for their agreeable fidelity to nature as for their brilliancy of production and their economy of cost'.

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George Hamilton Seymour, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(1)

George Hamilton Seymour

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(1)

John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(4)

John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, 8 April 1857
NPG P301(4)

Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Bt, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(6)

Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Bt

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(6)

Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(7)

Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, 7 March 1857
NPG P301(7)

William Hare, 3rd Earl of Listowel, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(10)

William Hare, 3rd Earl of Listowel

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(10)

Samuel Wilberforce, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(11)

Samuel Wilberforce

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(11)

Alessandro Gavazzi, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(13)

Alessandro Gavazzi

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(13)

Alessandro Gavazzi, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(14)

Alessandro Gavazzi

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(14)

Henry Bradbury, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(16)

Henry Bradbury

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(16)

Alexandre Dumas, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(17)

Alexandre Dumas

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, 1857
NPG P301(17)

George Lance, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(18)

George Lance

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(18)

Leopold von Ranke, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(22)

Leopold von Ranke

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(22)

Probably Henry Leigh Murray, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(25)

Probably Henry Leigh Murray

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(25)

Alfred Sydney Wigan, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(26)

Alfred Sydney Wigan

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(26)

Alfred Sydney Wigan, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(27)

Alfred Sydney Wigan

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(27)

Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(28)

Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(28)

Frank Stone, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(29)

Frank Stone

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(29)

Frederick Richard Lee, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(30)

Frederick Richard Lee

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(30)

Civic officials of Worcester, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(34)

Civic officials of Worcester

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, 1857 or 1858
NPG P301(34)

Pattie Oliver, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(42)

Pattie Oliver

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(42)

John Abraham Heraud, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(47)

John Abraham Heraud

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(47)

Adelaide Ristori, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(49)

Adelaide Ristori

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(49)

Adelaide Ristori, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(50)

Adelaide Ristori

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(50)