Herbert Lambert
(1881-1936), Photographer; Managing Director of Elliott & Fry, 1926-1936Sitter in 3 portraits
Artist associated with 56 portraits
Lambert worked primarily from Bath, but he also had studios in Bristol and London. He was appointed Managing Director of Elliott & Fry in 1926. He specialised in portraits of musicians, publishing his Modern British Composers in 1923. Lambert had a mastery of lighting and a striking ability to create a harmonious atmosphere within a composition.
by Herbert Lambert
bromide print, circa 1920
NPG P105
by Herbert Lambert
gelatin silver print, 1920s
NPG P1318
by Herbert Lambert
bromide print, 1921
NPG P109
by Herbert Lambert
bromide print, circa 1922
NPG P111
by Herbert Lambert
bromide print, circa 1922
NPG P110
by Herbert Lambert
bromide print, circa 1925
NPG P108
by Herbert Lambert
bromide print, 1933
NPG P107
Mary Seton Watts (née Fraser-Tytler)
by Herbert Lambert
bromide print on card mount, early 1920s
NPG x1586
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, early 1920s
NPG Ax7744
by Herbert Lambert
bromide print, 1920-1936
NPG x87142
by Herbert Lambert
gelatin silver print, 1920
NPG x199827
by Herbert Lambert
gelatin silver print on photographer's folder, 1920
NPG x199828
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, circa 1921
NPG Ax7745
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, circa 1922
NPG Ax7742
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, circa 1922
NPG Ax7741
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, circa 1922
NPG Ax7743
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, circa 1922
NPG Ax7746
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, circa 1922
NPG Ax7747
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, circa 1922
NPG Ax7748
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, circa 1922
NPG Ax7749
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, circa 1922
NPG Ax7750
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, circa 1922
NPG Ax7751
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, circa 1922
NPG Ax7752
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, circa 1922
NPG Ax7753
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, circa 1922
NPG Ax7754
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, circa 1922
NPG Ax7755
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, circa 1922
NPG Ax7756
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, circa 1922
NPG Ax7757
by Herbert Lambert
postcard print, circa 1922
NPG x14360
by Herbert Lambert
bromide print, 1922
NPG x32772
by Herbert Lambert
bromide print, 1922
NPG x32773
by Herbert Lambert
bromide print, 1922
NPG x32774
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, circa 1922
NPG x133147
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, 1924
NPG x1504
by Herbert Lambert
gelatin silver print, May 1925
NPG Ax199829
by Herbert Lambert
gelatin silver print, May 1925
NPG Ax199830
by Herbert Lambert
gelatin silver print, May 1925
NPG Ax199831
by Herbert Lambert
gelatin silver print, May 1925
NPG Ax199832
by Herbert Lambert
gelatin silver print, May 1925
NPG Ax199833
by Herbert Lambert
gelatin silver print, May 1925
NPG Ax199834
by Herbert Lambert
gelatin silver print, May 1925
NPG Ax199835
by Herbert Lambert
gelatin silver print, late 1920s
NPG x7593
by Herbert Lambert
gelatin silver print, early 1930s
NPG x7594
by Herbert Lambert, for Elliott & Fry
cream-toned bromide print on tissue and cream card mount, 1930s
NPG x39249
by Herbert Lambert, for Elliott & Fry
cream-toned bromide print on tissue and cream card mount, 1930s
NPG x39250
by Herbert Lambert
bromide fibre print, November 1937
NPG x1503
by Herbert Lambert, for Elliott & Fry
half-plate copy glass negative, 1942
NPG x82022
by Herbert Lambert, for Elliott & Fry
whole-plate copy glass negative, 1942
NPG x82023
by Herbert Lambert, for Elliott & Fry
bromide print
NPG x86820
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Herbert Lambert
photogravure, circa 1922
NPG x76940
possibly by Herbert Lambert, for Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, 18 September 1931
NPG x81982
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
by Herbert Lambert
platinotype on cream card
NPG x19883
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Verity Wilson
04 November 2016, 12:23
Before taking up the directorship of Elliot and Fry, Herbert Lambert photographed a truly extraordinary sequence of tableaux vivants depicting the Christian nativity. The tableaux were staged in the village of Buckland Dinham in Somerset for several consecutive years after WWI and in 1920 parts of the set plus all the young performers and costumes were transported to Lambert's Bath studio. The resulting images were published in 'Bethlehem Tableaux' by Cynthia Rowena Starey.