Bassano 1943
306 Portraits in set
The Gallery holds over 40,000 negatives taken by the Bassano studio between the 1870s and 1950s. The firm was founded by Alexander Bassano in 1850 in Regent Street, London. The studio moved three times later to Old Bond Street in 1876, Dover Street in 1920 and then to Pimlico in 1974, where it still operates. The firm donated the bulk of the gallery's collection in 1974 when it made its last move to Pimlico. In 1996 two further selection of negatives were acquired, namely much of the work taken by Alexander Bassano himself from the 1870s to the early 1900s and a further 5,000 negatives of mainly theatrical subjects (from 1903-1939) which were presented by John Culme.
Robert Arthur Lytton, 3rd Earl of Balfour
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 21 July 1942
NPG x85780
Harold Harington Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 21 July 1942
NPG x83932
Robert Arthur Lytton, 3rd Earl of Balfour
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 21 July 1942
NPG x85246
Hon. Barbara Buswell (née Fisher)
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 23 January 1943
NPG x178601
Hon. Barbara Buswell (née Fisher)
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 23 January 1943
NPG x178602
Hon. Barbara Buswell (née Fisher)
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 23 January 1943
NPG x178603
Hon. Barbara Buswell (née Fisher)
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 23 January 1943
NPG x178604
Hon. Barbara Buswell (née Fisher)
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 23 January 1943
NPG x178605
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 1943
NPG x178652
Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 26 July 1943
NPG x178718
Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 26 July 1943
NPG x178719
Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 26 July 1943
NPG x178720
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 22 September 1943
NPG x178794
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 22 September 1943
NPG x178795
by Bassano Ltd
quarter-plate glass negative, 29 November 1943
NPG x178847
by Bassano Ltd
quarter-plate glass negative, 29 November 1943
NPG x178848
by Bassano Ltd
quarter-plate glass negative, 29 November 1943
NPG x178849
by Bassano Ltd
quarter-plate glass negative, 29 November 1943
NPG x178850
by Bassano Ltd
quarter-plate glass negative, 29 November 1943
NPG x178851
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 8 October 1943
NPG x83619