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Alice Hughes

(1857-1939), Photographer

Artist associated with 54 portraits
The eldest daughter of the society portrait painter Edward Hughes, she studied photography at the London Polytechnic and in 1891 opened a studio as the first gentlewoman professional photographer. She photographed her first royal sitter, the Duchess of Fife, with her baby, Princess Maud, in 1893. On the expiry of her lease in 1911 she sold her business, and later opened another studio on Ebury Street, where she operated until her retirement in 1927. Hughes worked in platinotype and started the fashion of being photographed in large hats and evening dress in the style of Reynolds and Gainsborough. She specialised in the graceful posing of mother and child groups.

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Evelyn Elizabeth Brinton (née Forbes), by Alice Hughes - NPG x46595

Evelyn Elizabeth Brinton (née Forbes)

by Alice Hughes
platinum print on photographer's card mount, 1890s
NPG x46595

Evelyn Elizabeth Brinton (née Forbes), by Alice Hughes - NPG x46596

Evelyn Elizabeth Brinton (née Forbes)

by Alice Hughes
platinum print on photographer's card mount, 1890s
NPG x46596

Unknown woman, by Alice Hughes - NPG x202588

Unknown woman

by Alice Hughes
platinum print on photographer's card mount, 1890s
NPG x202588

Frances Elizabeth Willard, by Alice Hughes, published by  Eglington & Co - NPG Ax27643

Frances Elizabeth Willard

by Alice Hughes, published by Eglington & Co
carbon print, published 1893
NPG Ax27643

Blanche (née Maynard), Lady Gordon-Lennox, by Alice Hughes - NPG x46597

Blanche (née Maynard), Lady Gordon-Lennox

by Alice Hughes
platinum print on photographer's card mount, 1895
NPG x46597

Eugenie Louise Judith Sassoon (née Perugia) as La Dogeressa, by Alice Hughes, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41046

Eugenie Louise Judith Sassoon (née Perugia) as La Dogeressa

by Alice Hughes, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41046

Kathleen (née Douglas-Pennant), Viscountess Falmouth as Madame Recamier, by Alice Hughes, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41097

Kathleen (née Douglas-Pennant), Viscountess Falmouth as Madame Recamier

by Alice Hughes, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41097

Marie Rothschild (née Perugia) as Zobeida, by Alice Hughes, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41119

Marie Rothschild (née Perugia) as Zobeida

by Alice Hughes, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41119

Evelyn Achille de Rothschild as a page to the Doge's Wife, by Alice Hughes, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41174

Evelyn Achille de Rothschild as a page to the Doge's Wife

by Alice Hughes, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41174

Anthony Gustav de Rothschild as a page to the Doge's Wife, by Alice Hughes, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41175

Anthony Gustav de Rothschild as a page to the Doge's Wife

by Alice Hughes, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41175

Winifred Anna (née Dallas-Yorke), Duchess of Portland as Duchess of Savoy, by Alice Hughes, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41190

Winifred Anna (née Dallas-Yorke), Duchess of Portland as Duchess of Savoy

by Alice Hughes, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41190

Evelyn Elizabeth Brinton (née Forbes) as the Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, by Alice Hughes, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41282

Evelyn Elizabeth Brinton (née Forbes) as the Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria

by Alice Hughes, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41282

Violet Trefusis (née Keppel); Alice Keppel, printed by Tony White, after  Alice Hughes - NPG x76714

Violet Trefusis (née Keppel); Alice Keppel

printed by Tony White, after Alice Hughes
platinum copy print, 1994 (1899)
NPG x76714

Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, by Alice Hughes - NPG x136869

Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood

by Alice Hughes
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 6 April 1901
NPG x136869

Ada Coralie Meade-Waldo (née Baggallay), by Alice Hughes - NPG x38997

Ada Coralie Meade-Waldo (née Baggallay)

by Alice Hughes
platinum print on photographer's card mount, circa 1903
NPG x38997

Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, by Alice Hughes, published by  J. Beagles & Co - NPG x197269

Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood

by Alice Hughes, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1910s
NPG x197269

Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, by Alice Hughes, published by  J. Beagles & Co - NPG x193293

Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood

by Alice Hughes, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1910s
NPG x193293

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