Frederick Hollyer
(1838-1933), Photographer and art publisherSitter associated with 6 portraits
Artist associated with 111 portraits
Hollyer took up photography in about 1860, and established a business in the photographic reproduction of works of art, notably the paintings of the pre-Raphaelites and the drawings of Burne-Jones. As a relaxation he photographed people, and at his studio on Pembroke Square, London, Mondays were reserved for portraiture. His portrait prints, with their limited range of tone and distinctive mounts, have a rare delicacy and beauty. His sitters are unselfconsciously posed and softly lit, their characters revealed with great sympathy and understanding. Hollyer was a member of the Photographic Society and the Linked Ring brotherhood.
by Frederick Hollyer
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1875
NPG Ax128307
by Frederick Hollyer
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1875
NPG Ax128353
by Lock & Whitfield, printed by Frederick Hollyer
platinotype on card mount, 1877 or before
NPG x13252
by Frederick Hollyer
platinum print on card mount, 1880
NPG x129604
by Frederick Hollyer
platinotype cabinet card, circa 1880
NPG x26143
by Frederick Hollyer
platinum print, 1880s
NPG x87310
by Frederick Hollyer
platinum print on card mount, 1880
NPG x20029
by Frederick Hollyer
platinotype cabinet card, 1882
NPG x128768
by Frederick Hollyer
platinotype cabinet card, 1882
NPG x4905
by Frederick Hollyer
platinotype cabinet card, 1882
NPG x19017
Georgiana (née Macdonald), Lady Burne-Jones
by Frederick Hollyer
platinotype cabinet card, circa 1882
NPG x4907
Georgiana (née Macdonald), Lady Burne-Jones
by Frederick Hollyer
platinotype cabinet card, circa 1882
NPG x4906
by Swan Electric Engraving Company, after Frederick Hollyer
photogravure, (1884)
NPG x3760
by Frederick Hollyer
platinotype cabinet card, circa 1884
NPG Ax13948
Juliana Horatia Ewing (née Gatty)
by Frederick Hollyer
platinotype cabinet card, circa 1884
NPG x199036
by Frederick Hollyer, printed and published by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1884
NPG x3759
by Frederick Hollyer
platinotype cabinet card, 1884
NPG x3721
by Frederick Hollyer
platinotype cabinet card, 1884
NPG x1514
Hubert Edward Dannreuther; Chariclea Anthea Euterpe Dannreuther (née Ionides)
by Frederick Hollyer
platinotype cabinet card, circa 1885
NPG x197461
by Frederick Hollyer
platinum print on card mount, 1886
NPG x1502
Related People
- Christopher Charles Hollyer (brother)
- Eleanor Mary Hollyer (daughter)
- Frederick Thomas Hollyer (son)
- Mary Anne Hollyer (née Armstrong) (wife)
- Samuel Hollyer Sr (father)
- Samuel Hollyer Jr (brother)
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