Walter Stoneman negatives, 1917-58
1819 Portraits in set
The National Photographic Record began in 1917, during the First World War, at the instigation of Walter Stoneman, the chief photographer for the long established firm of Russell & Sons. A selected range of eminent people of the day were invited to make an appointment to sit at Stoneman's studio and from each sitting a mounted print was added to the NPR. Reproduction fees from the publication of any of these photographs were shared between the photographer and the National Portrait Gallery. The collection was made for record purposes only, with no intention of the results being exhibited. Despite controversy caused by working exclusively with one selected photographer, the collection of postcard-sized prints of eminent people of the day grew over the years to an archive of over 10,000 subjects. Each year approximately 200 new subjects were added to an alphabetical sequence now housed in 436 boxes and viewable by appointment. Stoneman was succeeded, on his retirement and death, by Walter Bird (active 1958-1967), and then by Godfrey Argent (active 1967-1970).
by Unknown photographer, copied by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass copy negative, copied April 1948 (1890s)
NPG x188193
Probably Diana Churchill; Clementine (née Hozier), Baroness Spencer-Churchill
copy by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, August 1949 (circa 1909)
NPG x190220
Hugh Richard Heathcote Gascoyne-Cecil, Baron Quickswood
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1917
NPG x24077
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1917
NPG x43228
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1917
NPG x43370
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 1917
NPG x43388
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 1917
NPG x43389
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 1917
NPG x43390
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 1917
NPG x43391
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1917
NPG x43574
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1917
NPG x43575
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1917
NPG x43576
Blanche Vere Ponsonby (née Guest), Countess of Bessborough
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1917
NPG x43722
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1918
NPG x165062
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1918
NPG x165063
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x44128
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x44271
Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1918
NPG x44440
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x65151
Sir William Middlebrook, 1st Bt
by Walter Stoneman
negative; half-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x65349
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x65455
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x65456
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x65457
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x65458
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x65459
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x65460
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x65461
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x65462
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1919
NPG x190186
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1919
NPG x65672
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1919
NPG x65673
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1919
NPG x65674
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1919
NPG x65675
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1919
NPG x65850
John Clements Waterhouse Madden
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1919
NPG x65983
John Clements Waterhouse Madden
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1919
NPG x65984
Sir Henry Evan Murchison James
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1919
NPG x66146
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1919
NPG x66159
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 1919
NPG x66173
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1919
NPG x66174