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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.

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Sir James Hope Grant, by Alexander Bassano - NPG x127665

Sir James Hope Grant

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate collodion glass negative, early 1870s
NPG x127665

Captain Myers, by Alexander Bassano - NPG x127654

Captain Myers

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1880s
NPG x127654

Adolphus Haggerston Stephens, by Alexander Bassano - NPG x127660

Adolphus Haggerston Stephens

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1880
NPG x127660

W.E. Clutton, by Alexander Bassano - NPG x127663

W.E. Clutton

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1880s
NPG x127663

Frederic William Farrar, by Alexander Bassano - NPG x127644

Frederic William Farrar

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x127644

Frederic William Farrar, by Alexander Bassano - NPG x127645

Frederic William Farrar

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x127645

James Anthony Froude, by Alexander Bassano - NPG x127655

James Anthony Froude

by Alexander Bassano
quarter-plate negative on half-plate collodion glass negative, mid 1880s
NPG x127655

James Anthony Froude, by Alexander Bassano - NPG x127656

James Anthony Froude

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 - NPG x127657

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 - NPG x127658

Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass copy negative, 1883
NPG x127658

Mrs Chinnery, by Alexander Bassano - NPG x127664

Mrs Chinnery

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x127664

Sir Charles Warren, by Alexander Bassano - NPG x127652

Sir Charles Warren

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass copy negative, 1890s
NPG x127652

Sir Charles Warren, by Alexander Bassano - NPG x127653

Sir Charles Warren

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass copy negative, 1890s
NPG x127653

Nora B. West, by Alexander Bassano - NPG x127650

Nora B. West

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1893
NPG x127650

Nora B. West, by Alexander Bassano - NPG x127651

Nora B. West

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1893
NPG x127651