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.
Albert Edmund Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50276
Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50277
Harriet Sarah (née Loyd), Lady Wantage
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50278
Harriet Elizabeth (née St Clair-Erskine), Countess Münster
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50279
Emily Mary (née Grimston), Countess of Craven
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50281
Mary Augusta Frederica Pleydell-Bouverie (née Grimston), Countess of Radnor
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50282
Jane Frederica Harriot Mary (née Grimston), Countess of Caledon
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50283
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50284
Thomas Crosbie William Trevor, 22nd Baron Dacre
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50285
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50286
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50287
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50288
Louisa Isabella (née Lascelles), Lady Hillingdon
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50293
Lady Louisa Charteris (née Keppel)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50294
Eliza (née Elliot), Marchioness of Northampton
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50295
Eliza (née Elliot), Marchioness of Northampton
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50296
Marianne Margaret Egerton (née Compton), Viscountess Alford ('Lady Marian Alford')
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50298
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50309
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50310
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50311
Robert Jocelyn, 4th Earl of Roden; Hon. Frederick Spencer Jocelyn
by Camille Silvy
albumen print collage, 1860
NPG Ax50313
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50314
George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan and an unknown man
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50322
Anna Maria (née Cradock-Hartopp), Lady Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50323
Charles Compton, 3rd Marquess of Northampton
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50324
Theodosia Harriet Elizabeth (née Vyner), Marchioness of Northampton
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50325
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50329
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50337
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50339
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50340
Lord George Henry Cavendish; Samuel Gregson; Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50346
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50347
George Henry Charles Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50349
Alexina Harriet Elizabeth (née Don), Lady Milbank
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50353
Ian Charles Ogilvie-Grant, 8th Earl of Seafield
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50354
Caroline (née Stuart), Countess of Seafield
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50355
Catherine Villiers (née Grimston), Countess of Clarendon
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50356
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50357
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50358
Sir Frederic Winn Knight; Lord Claud Hamilton
by Camille Silvy
albumen print collage, 1860
NPG Ax50359
William Henry Berkeley Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50360
Frances Elizabeth Jocelyn (née Cowper), Viscountess Jocelyn
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50362
Lord Edward William Pelham-Clinton
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50363
James Henry Robert Innes-Ker, 7th Duke of Roxburghe
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50364
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50248
Lady Elizabeth Lucy Cuffe (née Campbell), Countess of Desart
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50365
Lady Elizabeth Lucy Cuffe (née Campbell), Countess of Desart; Alice Mary (née Cuffe), Lady Henniker
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50366
Alice Mary (née Cuffe), Lady Henniker
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50367
Alice Maria (née Hill), Countess of Bective
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50375
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50376
Selina Griselda (née Beresford), Countess of Erne
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50377
John Crichton, 3rd Earl of Erne; John Henry Crichton, 4th Earl of Erne
by Camille Silvy
albumen print collage, 1860
NPG Ax50378
John Henry Crichton, 4th Earl of Erne
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50379
Helen (née Mackay), Countess of Bradford
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50384
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50386
Charlotte Isabella Clark-Kennedy (née Cust)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50387
Louisa Charlotte Legh (née Taylor)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50388
George Augustus Frederick John Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50389
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