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Howard Instead

(active 1918-1935), Photographer

Artist of 62 portraits

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Mrs Patrick Campbell, by Howard Instead - NPG Ax24970

Mrs Patrick Campbell

by Howard Instead
matte bromide print, 1910s
NPG Ax24970

Athene Seyler, by Howard Instead - NPG Ax24978

Athene Seyler

by Howard Instead
bromide print, 1910s
NPG Ax24978

Unknown woman, by Howard Instead - NPG Ax24969

Unknown woman

by Howard Instead
matte bromide print, 1910s
NPG Ax24969

Unknown woman, by Howard Instead - NPG Ax25011

Unknown woman

by Howard Instead
bromide print, 1910s
NPG Ax25011

Boy in fancy dress, by Howard Instead - NPG Ax25012

Boy in fancy dress

by Howard Instead
matte bromide print, 1910s
NPG Ax25012

Unknown woman, by Howard Instead - NPG Ax25013

Unknown woman

by Howard Instead
matte bromide print, 1910s
NPG Ax25013

Unknown woman, by Howard Instead - NPG Ax25014

Unknown woman

by Howard Instead
matte bromide print, 1910s
NPG Ax25014

Unknown woman, by Howard Instead - NPG Ax25015

Unknown woman

by Howard Instead
bromide print, 1910s
NPG Ax25015

Girl in fancy dress, by Howard Instead - NPG Ax25016

Girl in fancy dress

by Howard Instead
matte bromide print on tissue and card mount, 1910s
NPG Ax25016

Unknown actress, by Howard Instead - NPG Ax25019

Unknown actress

by Howard Instead
matte bromide print on tissue and card mount, 1910s
NPG Ax25019

'Russian Dancer', by Howard Instead - NPG Ax135339

'Russian Dancer'

by Howard Instead
matte bromide print on tissue and card mount, late 1910s
NPG Ax135339

Lady Elizabeth Jocelyn Beazley (née Pelham), by Howard Instead - NPG Ax135348

Lady Elizabeth Jocelyn Beazley (née Pelham)

by Howard Instead
matte bromide print on tissue and card mount, late 1910s
NPG Ax135348

Lillah McCarthy, by Howard Instead - NPG Ax24972

Lillah McCarthy

by Howard Instead
matte bromide print, 1918
NPG Ax24972

Fay Compton, by Howard Instead - NPG Ax132843

Fay Compton

by Howard Instead
bromide print, 1919
NPG Ax132843

Lady Doris Vyner (née Gordon-Lennox), by Howard Instead - NPG Ax25000

Lady Doris Vyner (née Gordon-Lennox)

by Howard Instead
matte bromide print, 1919
NPG Ax25000

Fay Compton, by Howard Instead - NPG Ax25004

Fay Compton

by Howard Instead
matte bromide print, 1919
NPG Ax25004

Lady Doris Vyner (née Gordon-Lennox), by Howard Instead - NPG Ax25009

Lady Doris Vyner (née Gordon-Lennox)

by Howard Instead
matte bromide print, 1919
NPG Ax25009

Margot Asquith, by Howard Instead - NPG Ax24999

Margot Asquith

by Howard Instead
matte bromide print, 1920s
NPG Ax24999

Sybil Thorndike, by Howard Instead - NPG Ax24973

Sybil Thorndike

by Howard Instead
matte bromide print, circa 1920
NPG Ax24973

Nan Marriott-Watson, by Howard Instead - NPG Ax24974

Nan Marriott-Watson

by Howard Instead
bromide print, circa 1920
NPG Ax24974

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