Herbert Watkins
(1828-1916), Photographer(George) Herbert Watkins
Sitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 261 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'.
(Thomas) Frederick Robson (né Brownbill) as Medea
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(134)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(135)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(136)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(137)
Probably Isabella Buckstone (née Copeland)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(138)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(139)
Henry Compton (Charles Mackenzie)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(140)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(141)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(144)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(145)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(146)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(147)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(149)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(148)
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(150a)
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(150c)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(153)
Clara Selby (Sarah Susannah Selby)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(154)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(155)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(156)
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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 .