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Herbert Watkins

(1828-1916), Photographer

(George) Herbert Watkins

Sitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 260 portraits
Watkins opened his Regent Street studio in 1856, and produced a series of photographs of distinguished contemporaries, which he published with printed biographies under the title of National Gallery of Photographic Portraits. He claimed in his advertisements that his photographs were 'as remarkable for their agreeable fidelity to nature as for their brilliancy of production and their economy of cost'.

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Adelaide Ristori, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(122)

Adelaide Ristori

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(122)

Adelaide Ristori, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(123)

Adelaide Ristori

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(123)

Adelaide Ristori, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(124)

Adelaide Ristori

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(124)

Richard James Spiers, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(125)

Richard James Spiers

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(125)

Miss Eglington, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(143)

Miss Eglington

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(143)

Edouard Gassier, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(165)

Edouard Gassier

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(165)

Adelaide Ristori, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(176)

Adelaide Ristori

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(176)

Arthur Chappell, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(31)

Arthur Chappell

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(31)

Possibly R.R. Bacon, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(32)

Possibly R.R. Bacon

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(32)

Sir James Brooke, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(38)

Sir James Brooke

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(38)

May Williams, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(94)

May Williams

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(94)

Robert Barnabas Brough, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(187)

Robert Barnabas Brough

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(187)

Charles Dickens, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(19)

Charles Dickens

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, 1858
NPG P301(19)

Charles Dickens, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(20)

Charles Dickens

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, 29 April 1858
NPG P301(20)

Herbert Watkins, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(182)

Herbert Watkins

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, March 1859
NPG P301(182)

John Orlando Parry, by Herbert Watkins - NPG x12669

John Orlando Parry

by Herbert Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1850s
NPG x12669

Michael Faraday, by Herbert Watkins - NPG x13927

Michael Faraday

by Herbert Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1850s
NPG x13927

John Baldwin Buckstone, by Herbert Watkins - NPG x137555

John Baldwin Buckstone

by Herbert Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1850s
NPG x137555

Anthony Trollope, by and after Herbert Watkins - NPG x12824

Anthony Trollope

by and after Herbert Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1850s-early 1860s
NPG x12824

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, by and after Herbert Watkins - NPG x11979

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

by and after Herbert Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1850s (30 March 1857)
NPG x11979

John Liptrot Hatton, by Herbert Watkins - NPG x15472

John Liptrot Hatton

by Herbert Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1850s-early 1860s
NPG x15472

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Elizabeth Crawford

13 April 2016, 09:58

Quite by chance I found out a little more about the final fate of Herbert Watkins - see post on my website - http://tinyurl.com/z63lll3 .