Lallie Charles
(1869-1919), PhotographerLallie Charles (née Charlotte Elizabeth Martin)
Sitter in 10 portraits
Artist associated with 104 portraits
Inspired by the success of Alice Hughes, Charlotte ('Lallie') Charles opened her first photographic studio in 1896, at The Nook in Regent's Park, London. Lallie and her sister Rita became the most commercially successful women portraitists of the first decade of the 1900s.
by Lallie Charles
albumen cabinet card, 1890s
NPG x33262
by Lallie Charles
bromide print, circa late 1890s
NPG x193223
Cora Urquhart Brown Potter as Miladi in 'The Musketeers'
by Lallie Charles
gelatin silver printing-out paper cabinet card, 1898
NPG x197256
Isabella Martin; Lallie Charles; Rita Martin
by Lallie Charles
whole-plate glass negative, circa 1899
NPG x68949
by Lallie Charles
printing-out paper cabinet card, 1899
NPG x26376
Isabella Martin; Rita Martin; Lallie Charles
by Lallie Charles
whole-plate glass negative, circa 1899
NPG x68948
by Lallie Charles, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x131848
by Lallie Charles
hand-coloured postcard print, 1900s
NPG Ax45848
by Lallie Charles, published by Birn Brothers
hand-coloured bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x26740
by Lallie Charles, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x36056
by Lallie Charles
photogravure, 1900s
NPG Ax161332
by Lallie Charles
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 27 June 1900
NPG x136557
by Lallie Charles
printing-out paper mounted photograph, 1900s
NPG x197909
by Lallie Charles
photogravure postcard print, 1900s
NPG x198173
by Lallie Charles, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x199333
by Lallie Charles
bromide postcard print, 1900-1910
NPG x194503
by Lallie Charles
hand-coloured postcard print, 1900-1910
NPG x194504
by Lallie Charles, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
bromide postcard print, 1900-1910
NPG x194516
by Lallie Charles
vintage print, 1900s
NPG x125449
Pamela Grey (née Wyndham, later Lady Glenconner), Viscountess Grey of Fallodon
by Lallie Charles
cream-toned vintage print, early 1900s
NPG x125538
by Lallie Charles
matte printing-out paper panel card, 1901
NPG x45217
by Lallie Charles, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
matte bromide postcard print, 1901
NPG Ax160329
by Lallie Charles, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
postcard print, circa 1905
NPG x131847
by Lallie Charles
vintage postcard print with glitter and beads, circa 1905
NPG x131849
by Lallie Charles, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
hand-coloured postcard print, circa 1905
NPG x6003
Millicent Fanny Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (née St Clair-Erskine), Duchess of Sutherland
by Lallie Charles
whole-plate glass negative, 1906
NPG x68967
by Lallie Charles, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
bromide postcard print, circa 1906
NPG x160596
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
by Lallie Charles
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 14 March 1906
NPG x193300
by Lallie Charles, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, circa 1906
NPG x193119
by Lallie Charles, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
bromide postcard print, circa 1906
NPG x193120
by Lallie Charles, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
bromide postcard print, circa 1906
NPG x193121
by Lallie Charles, published by Rapid Photo Co
bromide postcard print, circa 1906
NPG x193122
by Lallie Charles, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, circa 1906
NPG x193123
by Lallie Charles
cream-toned bromide print on photographer's card mount, circa 1907
NPG x68957
by Lallie Charles
cream-toned bromide print on photographer's card, circa 1907
NPG x68958
by Lallie Charles
bromide print, 1908-1913
NPG x29893
by Lallie Charles, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, 1908
NPG x135535
Anastasia ('Zia') (née Countess de Torby), Lady Wernher
by Lallie Charles
matte printing-out paper cabinet card, 1908-1913
NPG x197424
Almina Victoria (née Wombwell), Countess of Carnarvon
by Lallie Charles
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 18 July 1908
NPG x199011
by Lallie Charles
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 21 October 1908
NPG x193471
Reginald Beaton; Cecil Beaton; Etty Beaton
by Lallie Charles
photogravure reproduction, 1908
NPG x126125
Margaret Etienne Hannah ('Peggy') Crewe-Milnes (née Primrose), Marchioness of Crewe
by Lallie Charles
photogravure, published 1909
NPG Ax161340
Aline Laura Forester (née Milbank)
by Lallie Charles
photogravure, published 1909
NPG Ax161350
Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife and her daughters
by Lallie Charles, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, early 1910s
NPG x47143
Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife and her daughters
by Lallie Charles, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, early 1910s
NPG x47144
Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk
by Lallie Charles, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1910s
NPG x47146
The daughters of Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife
by Lallie Charles, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, early 1910s
NPG x131008
by Lallie Charles
bromide contact print, early 1910s
On display at The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NPG x68950
Princess Alexandra, Princess Arthur of Connaught
by Lallie Charles, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, early 1910s
NPG x45766
by Lallie Charles, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, early 1910s
NPG x193228
by Lallie Charles, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, early 1910s
NPG x193229
Princess Patricia of Connaught (later Lady Patricia Ramsay)
by Lallie Charles, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1910s
NPG x193238
Princess Patricia of Connaught (later Lady Patricia Ramsay)
by Lallie Charles, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1910s
NPG x193239
Princess Patricia of Connaught (later Lady Patricia Ramsay)
by Lallie Charles, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1910s
NPG x193240
by Lallie Charles
cream-toned bromide print, circa 1910
NPG x68989
Lady Beatrice Frances Elizabeth Pole-Carew (née Butler) as Portia in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Lallie Charles, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
NPG Ax135791
Violet Vanbrugh (Violet Augusta Mary Barnes) as Lady Macbeth in 'Macbeth'
by Lallie Charles, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
NPG Ax135795
by Lallie Charles
cream-toned bromide print, 1912
NPG x68959
by Lallie Charles
whole-plate glass negative, 1912
NPG x68960
by Lallie Charles
whole-plate glass negative, 1912
NPG x68961
Related People
- Herbert Carr (husband)
- Lallie Charles Cowell (née Martin) (niece)
- Kathleen Gandey (née Pow) (niece)
- Isabella Martin (sister)
- Rita Martin (sister)
- Bruce Wardlaw Pow (nephew)
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