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Hay Wrightson

(1874-1949), Photographer

Artist associated with 355 portraits

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Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by Hay Wrightson - NPG x29150

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29150

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by Hay Wrightson - NPG x29151

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29151

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by Hay Wrightson - NPG x29152

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29152

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by Hay Wrightson - NPG x29153

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29153

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by Hay Wrightson - NPG x29154

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29154

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by Hay Wrightson - NPG x29156

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29156

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by Hay Wrightson - NPG x29158

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29158

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by Hay Wrightson - NPG x29159

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29159

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by Hay Wrightson - NPG x29160

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29160

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by Hay Wrightson - NPG x29161

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29161

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by Hay Wrightson - NPG x29163

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29163

Adrian Price Webley Hope, by Hay Wrightson - NPG x47225

Adrian Price Webley Hope

by Hay Wrightson
chlorobromide print, 1919-1949
NPG x47225

Adrian Price Webley Hope, by Hay Wrightson - NPG x47224

Adrian Price Webley Hope

by Hay Wrightson
chlorobromide print, 1919-1949
NPG x47224

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by Hay Wrightson - NPG x29162

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29162

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by Hay Wrightson - NPG x29164

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29164

Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, by Hay Wrightson - NPG x29130

Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma

by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1920s
NPG x29130

Prince George, Duke of Kent, by Hay Wrightson - NPG x132178

Prince George, Duke of Kent

by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1920s
NPG x132178

Prince George, Duke of Kent, by Hay Wrightson - NPG x132179

Prince George, Duke of Kent

by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1920s
NPG x132179

Prince George, Duke of Kent, by Hay Wrightson - NPG x132180

Prince George, Duke of Kent

by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1920s
NPG x132180

Prince George, Duke of Kent, by Hay Wrightson - NPG x132238

Prince George, Duke of Kent

by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1920s
NPG x132238

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Ray klees

06 January 2017, 13:20

My father was an American bomber pilot, based at Snetterton-Heath, south of Norwich. He went to London on leave occasionally. He sat for portraits at the Studio of Hay Wrightson. Wrightson took a liking to my father and wrote, by hand, a beautiful letter to my grandmother (about whom my father spoke to Wrightson about) telling her that my father seemed burdened and worried in his first sitting. He could not find a smile for any portrait. But on his 3nd visit, Wrightson was pleased to find the subject more relieved and better-spirited. Wrightson was most pleased by that. It is a beautiful letter we have cherished since 1944. I tried to return it to the address on the stationery... Bond Street, I believe, but of course, proprietary had changed. We still have this touching and personal communique that my grandmother always saved and read often.

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