Bassano half-plate negatives (pre 1900s), gift 2004
21 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.
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate collodion glass negative, early 1870s
NPG x127665
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1880s
NPG x127654
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1880
NPG x127660
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1880s
NPG x127663
Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1882
NPG x127647
Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1882
NPG x127648
David William Stanley Ogilvy, 8th Earl of Airlie
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x127643
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x127644
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x127645
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x127646
by Alexander Bassano
quarter-plate negative on half-plate collodion glass negative, mid 1880s
NPG x127655
by Alexander Bassano
quarter-plate negative on half-plate collodion glass negative, mid 1880s
NPG x127656
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass copy negative, 1883
NPG x127657
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass copy negative, 1883
NPG x127658
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x127664
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass copy negative, 1890s
NPG x127652
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass copy negative, 1890s
NPG x127653
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1893
NPG x127650
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1893
NPG x127651
Walter Stafford Northcote, 2nd Earl of Iddesleigh
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1895
NPG x127649