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.
Sir Henry John William Bentinck
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50109
Matilda Mawdsley Ricardo (née Hensley)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50121
Eliza Price Noble (née Campbell), Lady Otway (later Mrs Leathem)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50122
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50123
Eliza Price Noble (née Campbell), Lady Otway (later Mrs Leathem)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50125
Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50130
Jane Loftus (née Hope-Vere), Marchioness of Ely; Lady Corisande Olivia Bennet
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50136
Anne Elizabeth Clementina (née Duff), Marchioness of Townshend
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50145
Caroline Agnes (née Horsley-Beresford), Duchess of Montrose
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50147
Caroline Agnes (née Horsley-Beresford), Duchess of Montrose
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50148
Augustus Cholmondeley Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50149
Hon. Isabel Eleanor Mary Gough-Calthorpe
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50150
Hon. (Frances) Blanche Anne Feilden (née Gough-Calthorpe)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50151
Eliza Price Noble (née Campbell), Lady Otway (later Mrs Leathem)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50153
Eliza Price Noble (née Campbell), Lady Otway (later Mrs Leathem)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50674
Eliza Price Noble (née Campbell), Lady Otway (later Mrs Leathem)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50675
Cecilia Catherine Bingham (née Gordon-Lennox), Countess of Lucan
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50155
Cecilia Catherine Bingham (née Gordon-Lennox), Countess of Lucan
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50156
Charles George Bingham, 4h Earl of Lucan
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50157
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50159
Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran, 6th Bt
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50161
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50164
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50165
Emily Mary ('Amelia') (née Lamb), Viscountess Palmerston
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50167
'Lady Palmerston, Lady Jocelyn and Lady Shaftesbury'
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50168
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50169
Lady Florence Barnardiston (née Legge)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50173
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50174
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50179
Jane Loftus (née Hope-Vere), Marchioness of Ely
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50181
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50182
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50194
Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50195
Gilbert John Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50196
George William Frederick Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50203
Mary Caroline (née Herbert), Marchioness of Ailesbury
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50205
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50210
Augusta Maria (née Hare), Countess of Carysfort
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50211
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50212
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50214
Somerset John Gough-Calthorpe, 7th Baron Calthorpe
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50215
Harriet Agnes (née Elliot), Lady de Clifford when Hon. Mrs Russell
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50217
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50222
Archibald James Stuart Wortley
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50227
Henry William John Byng, 4th Earl of Strafford
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50233
Hon. Georgiana Christiana Lloyd-Anstruther (née Barrington)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50236
William Richard Annesley, 4th Earl Annesley
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50252
Theresa (née Stourton), Lady Arundell of Wardour
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50249
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50259
Somerset John Gough-Calthorpe, 7th Baron Calthorpe
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50261
Susan (née Trotter), Countess of Albemarle
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50263
George Thomas Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50264
George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50268
George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50269
Alice Anne Caroline (née Lambton), Countess of Morton
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50271
Sholto John Douglas, 18th Earl of Morton
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50272
Lydia Sophia (née Story), Viscountess Dillon
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50273
Lydia Sophia (née Story), Viscountess Dillon
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50274
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