Sir Henry Joseph Wood
(1869-1944), ConductorSitter in 31 portraits
Wood was the first British-born musician to make a career almost entirely from conducting. In 1895 he was invited to conduct the newly created Promenade Concerts, still affectionately known as the 'Proms'. These concerts aimed to 'present the widest possible range of music, performed to the highest standards, to large audiences'. Wood created mixed programmes that included the music of contemporary composers such as Debussy, Rachmaninoff and Vaughan Williams alongside more familiar works. He was knighted in 1911.
by William Rothenstein
sanguine, 1895-1930
NPG 6701
Sir Henry Wood with Promenade Concert Performers
by William Whiteley Ltd
albumen cabinet card, circa 1897
NPG P1837
by William Kerridge Haselden
pen and ink, published in Punch 23 August 1933
NPG 4078
by Hilda E. Wiener
pencil, 1938
NPG 3818
by Frank Salisbury
oil on canvas, 1943
NPG 3688
by Claude Harris
vintage bromide print, 1920s
NPG x9090
by Bailey's Studio
bromide postcard print, 20 April 1922
NPG x14399
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate nitrate negative, 12 November 1938
NPG x15381
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate nitrate negative, 12 November 1938
NPG x15382
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate nitrate negative, 12 November 1938
NPG x15383
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate nitrate negative, 12 November 1938
NPG x15384
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate nitrate negative, 12 November 1938
NPG x135286
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 12 November 1938
NPG x81329
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 12 November 1938
NPG x81330
by Howard Coster
print, 1944
NPG x2385
by Howard Coster
quarter-plate film negative, 1944
NPG x23984
Sir Henry Joseph Wood ('Men of the Day. No. 1062. "Queen's Hall."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 17 April 1907
NPG D45376
by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1926
NPG D2689
by Mark Wayner (Weiner)
lithograph, published 1931
NPG D23315
published by W.D. & H.O. Wills
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1934
NPG D47174
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass copy negative, July 1948 (1940)
NPG x189485
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