Camille Silvy
(1834-1910), PhotographerSitter in 24 portraits
Artist associated with 14313 portraits
Coming from a French aristocratic background, Silvy established himself as one of the leading portrait photographers in London. He moved to London in 1859 and bought Caldesi and Montecchi's studio on Porchester Terrace, which became renowned for its tasteful furnishings. Except for Queen Victoria, he photographed all of the Royal Family and most of the British aristocracy. By 1864 he had forty employees. He kept daybooks with the details of each sitter, the date, and a file print, and these are now in the National Portrait Gallery's archives. Silvy published his portraits as The Beauties of England. In 1868 he retired due to ill health, and returned to France.
John Robert Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50001
George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50007
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50009
(Susannah) Arethusa Gibson (née Cullum)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50012
(Susannah) Arethusa Gibson (née Cullum)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50013
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50015
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50016
Mary Emily Hope-Vere (née Boyle, later Lady Kennedy)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50023
Louis Charles Philippe Raphaël d'Orléans, duc de Nemours
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50027
Louis Charles Philippe Raphaël d'Orléans, duc de Nemours
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50028
Lady Edith Christian Fergusson (née Ramsay)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50035
Lady Edith Christian Fergusson (née Ramsay)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50036
Adela Caroline Harriet (née Capel), Countess of Eglinton
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50039
Mary Emily Hope-Vere (née Boyle, later Lady Kennedy)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50041
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50048
Princess Francisca of the Empire of Brazil (later Princess of Joinville)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50049
Princess Francisca of the Empire of Brazil (later Princess of Joinville)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50050
Princess Françoise Marie Amélie d'Orléans, Duchess of Chartres
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50051
Princess Françoise Marie Amélie d'Orléans, Duchess of Chartres's dog
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50052
Pierre d'Orléans, Duke of Penthièvre
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50053
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50043
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50044
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50059
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50060
Sir John Stephen Robinson, 3rd Bt
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50061
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50074
Maria Frances (née Massey-Standley), Lady Williams-Bulkeley
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50075
Diana de Vere (née Beauclerk), Lady Huddleston
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50083
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50084
Emily Jane Legh (née Wodehouse), Lady Newton
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50085
William John Legh, 1st Baron Newton
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50086
Matilda Mawdsley Ricardo (née Hensley)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50090
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50093
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50092
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50095
Princess Françoise Marie Amélie d'Orléans, Duchess of Chartres
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50096
François (Ferdinand Philippe Louis Marie) d'Orléans, Prince de Joinville
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50097
François (Ferdinand Philippe Louis Marie) d'Orléans, Prince de Joinville
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50098
Sir William Thomas Francis Agnew Wallace, 8th Bt
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50106
Renira Antoinette (née Whitshed), Lady Bentinck
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50108
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