Bassano Ltd
(active 1901-1962), PhotographersArtist associated with 42746 portraits
Alexander Bassano opened a studio in 1850 in Regent Street, London, moving to Old Bond Street in 1876. The studio was large enough to house an eighty-foot panoramic background scene mounted on rollers, which provided a variety of outdoor or court backgrounds. Bassano retired in around 1903, when the premises were refurbished and relaunched as Bassano Ltd, Royal Photographers. The firm was resold on many occasions but retained the Bassano name and the studio's collection of negatives. In 1964 it incorporated Vandyk to become first Bassano and Vandyk Studios and then, in 1965, Bassano and Vandyk incorporating Elliott and Fry.
Philip Snowden, Viscount Snowden
by Bassano Ltd
cream-toned bromide print, 23 January 1923
NPG P501
Beatrice Webb; Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield
probably by Bassano Ltd
vintage print, 1938
NPG P1292(84)
Beatrice Webb; Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield
probably by Bassano Ltd
vintage print, 1938
NPG P1292(86)
by Bassano Ltd, after Alexander Bassano
chlorobromide print, (1880s)
NPG x136022
by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1880s
NPG x193639
Wilson Barrett (William Henry Barrett)
by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1882
NPG x193621
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1885?
NPG x158920
Frank Benson as 'Romeo' in 'Romeo and Juliet'
by Bassano Ltd, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
bromide postcard print, 1886
NPG x193628
Sir Charles Wyndham (Charles Culverwell) as David Garrick in 'David Garrick'
by Bassano Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1888
NPG x198071
Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin
by Bassano Ltd
carbon print, circa 1889
NPG Ax16011
copy by Bassano Ltd, after Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1926 (1889)
NPG x34232
copy by Bassano Ltd, after Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1926 (1889)
NPG x34233
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro)
by Bassano Ltd, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
postcard print, 1890s
NPG x193605
Constance Fetherstonhaugh (Mrs F.R. Benson)
by Bassano Ltd, published by The Philco Publishing Co
bromide postcard print, 1890s
NPG x193629
Arthur Bourchier; Violet Vanbrugh (Violet Augusta Mary Barnes)
by Bassano Ltd, published by The Rotophot Postcard
bromide postcard print, 1890s
NPG x193630
by Bassano Ltd, published by Davidson Brothers
bromide postcard print, 1890s
NPG x193631
by Bassano Ltd, published by The Philco Publishing Co
bromide postcard print, 1890s
NPG x193830
by Bassano Ltd, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
bromide postcard print, 1890s
NPG x193860
Maud (née Holt), Lady Beerbohm Tree
by Bassano Ltd, published by The Philco Publishing Co
bromide postcard print, 1890s
NPG x198049
by Bassano Ltd
carbon print, published before 1895
NPG Ax15929
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11 July 2016, 09:37
Bassano, the photographer here, was the family name of a group of Portuguese Jewish minstrels at the court of Queen Elizabeth the 1st, at a time when Jews were not officially in England.