2 OF 6

Luncheon party to French and English Aviators

2 of 6 portraits of Frank Hedges Butler

by Sir (John) Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 15 September 1909
6 1/8 in. x 8 in. (154 mm x 202 mm) image size
Given by House of Commons Library, 1974
Photographs Collection
NPG x32600

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Artistback to top

Sir (John) Benjamin Stone (1838-1914), Politician and photographer. Artist associated with 1423 portraits, Sitter in 25 portraits.

Sittersback to top

Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell (1860-1937), Major-General; President of the Aeronautical Society. Sitter associated with 7 portraits.
Louis Blériot (1872-1936), Aviator, inventor and engineer. Sitter in 10 portraits.
Frank Hedges Butler (1855-1928), Balloonist and pioneer of flying. Sitter in 6 portraits.
Sir Reginald Ambrose Cave-Browne-Cave, Bt (1860-1930), Naval captain. Sitter in 12 portraits.
Samuel Franklin Cody (1867-1913), Aviator. Sitter in 6 portraits.
Alfred du Cros (1868-1946), MP. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Edward Purkis Frost (1842-1922), Aviator. Sitter in 5 portraits.
William James Stewart Lockyer (1868-1936), Astronomer and meteorologist. Sitter in 10 portraits.
Hon. Robert Lygon (1879-1952), Soldier. Sitter in 6 portraits.
D. Macnamara. Sitter in 6 portraits.
John Martin (1847-1944), Journalist. Sitter in 6 portraits.
Harry Stanley Massey (1850-1920), Soldier. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Thomas Power O'Connor (1848-1929), Journalist and politician. Sitter in 19 portraits.
Sir George Renwick, 1st Bt (1850-1931), Politician and shipowner. Sitter in 18 portraits.
S. Renwick. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Sir Alfred Farthing Robbins (1856-1931), Journalist and author. Sitter associated with 14 portraits.
Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls (1877-1910), Car manufacturer, aviator and Managing Director of Rolls-Royce. Sitter in 8 portraits.
Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe (1877-1958), Aircraft designer and constructor. Sitter in 22 portraits.

This portraitback to top

Photographed on the terrace of the House of Commons on the occasion of the lunch party held by the MP and photographer Sir Benjamin Stone.

Linked publicationsback to top

Rogers, Malcolm, Camera Portraits, 1989 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 20 October 1989 - 21 January 1990), p. 163