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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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George Hamilton Seymour, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(1)

George Hamilton Seymour

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(1)

John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(4)

John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, 8 April 1857
NPG P301(4)

Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Bt, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(6)

Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Bt

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(6)

Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(7)

Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, 7 March 1857
NPG P301(7)

William Hare, 3rd Earl of Listowel, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(10)

William Hare, 3rd Earl of Listowel

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(10)

Samuel Wilberforce, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(11)

Samuel Wilberforce

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(11)

Alessandro Gavazzi, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(13)

Alessandro Gavazzi

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(13)

Alessandro Gavazzi, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(14)

Alessandro Gavazzi

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(14)

Henry Bradbury, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(16)

Henry Bradbury

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(16)

Alexandre Dumas, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(17)

Alexandre Dumas

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, 1857
NPG P301(17)

George Lance, by Herbert Watkins - NPG P301(18)

George Lance

by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(18)

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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 .