Bassano half-plate negatives, gift 2004
103 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.
Gerald Paul Joseph Cajetan Carmel Antony Martin Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 24 August 1926
NPG x127529
Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film copy negative, 26 September 1930
NPG x127531
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 23 October 1930
NPG x127532
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 23 October 1930
NPG x127533
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 23 October 1930
NPG x127534
Rose Greville (née Bingham), Countess of Warwick
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 15 March 1931
NPG x127537
Lord Moore; Sir John Collings Squire
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 15 May 1931
NPG x127538
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 15 June 1931
NPG x127539
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 15 June 1931
NPG x127540
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 15 June 1931
NPG x127541
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 29 September 1931
NPG x127542
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 7 July 1932
NPG x127546
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 7 July 1932
NPG x127547
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 4 October 1932
NPG x127554
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 4 October 1932
NPG x127555
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 21 November 1935
NPG x127562
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 21 November 1935
NPG x127563
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 21 November 1935
NPG x127564
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 21 November 1935
NPG x127565
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 31 December 1935
NPG x127566