National Photographic Record Albums: photographs by Walter Stoneman, circa 1916
284 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).
Donald James Mackay, 11th Baron Reay
by James Russell & Sons
platinum print, 1900s
NPG Ax46116
James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury
by James Russell & Sons
platinum print, 1900s
NPG Ax46117
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
platinum print, 1900s
NPG Ax39133
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, 1910s
NPG Ax39229
by James Russell & Sons
platinum print, 1910s
NPG Ax46115
by James Russell & Sons
platinum print, 1910s
NPG Ax39056
by James Russell & Sons
platinum print, 1910s
NPG Ax39107
by James Russell & Sons
platinum print, 1910s
NPG Ax39124
by James Russell & Sons
platinum print, 1910s
NPG Ax39215
by James Russell & Sons
platinum print, 1910s
NPG Ax39218
Sir Edward John Poynter, 1st Bt
by James Russell & Sons
platinum print, 1910s
NPG Ax46102
by James Russell & Sons
platinum print, 1910s
NPG Ax46147
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1912
NPG Ax39041
Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1914
NPG Ax39028
by James Russell & Sons
platinum print, circa 1914
NPG Ax39193
by James Russell & Sons
bromide print, 1915
NPG Ax39219
by James Russell & Sons
platinum print, circa 1916
NPG Ax46141
by James Russell & Sons
platinum print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39131
William Henry Holland, 1st Baron Rotherham
by James Russell & Sons
platinum print, circa 1916
NPG Ax46119
William John Manners Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart
by James Russell & Sons
platinum print, circa 1916
NPG Ax46113