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3866 Portraits in set: Bassano Theatricals
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.
Sir Francis Robert ('Frank') Benson
by Alexander Bassano
vintage print, 1877
NPG x85692
Violet Vanbrugh (Violet Augusta Mary Barnes)
by Alexander Bassano
vintage print, 1890
NPG x84957
by Alexander Bassano
vintage print, 1892
NPG x84958
by Alexander Bassano
vintage print, 1892
NPG x84959
by Alexander Bassano
vintage print, 1892
NPG x84960
by Alexander Bassano
vintage print, 1892
NPG x84961
Lena Ashwell (née Lena Margaret Pocock, later Lady Simson) as Mrs Dane in 'Mrs Dane's Defence'
by Alexander Bassano
vintage print, 1900
NPG x85443
Zena Dare (Florence Harriette Zena Dones)
by Bassano
vintage print, circa 1904
NPG x83042
Pauline Chase as Peter Pan in 'Peter Pan'
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 1906
NPG x104646
Pauline Chase as Peter Pan in 'Peter Pan'
by Bassano
vintage print, 1906
NPG x83025
Camille Clifford (Camilla Antoinette Clifford)
by Bassano
vintage print, 1906
NPG x83027
by Bassano
vintage print, 1907
NPG x83142
by Bassano
vintage print, 1907
NPG x83143
