Henry Van der Weyde
(1838-1924), Painter and photographerSitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 53 portraits
A founder member of the Linked Ring Brotherhood of those 'who delight in photography soley for it' artistic possibilities', he was a painter turned professional portrait photographer. In 1892 he publicised his photo corrector (Rectograph) causing a stir in the world of photography. In 1877 Van der Weyde became the first photographer to install and take portraits by electric light allowing him to take a lot of portraits in a short period of time. The light was provided by a Crossley gas engine which drove a Siemens dynamo, which in turn fed an arc light in a five-foot reflector. Owing to lack of money the patent of this was never completed.
Maria Henrietta Sophia Chaine (née Phipps) as Madame Sans Gêne
by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
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William Chaine as Sir William Temple
by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
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Louisa (née Montefiore), Lady de Rothschild as Lady Vaux (after Holbein)
by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
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Ernest William Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe as Sir Walter Raleigh
by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
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by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
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by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
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Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace as Algernon Sidney
by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41274
John Seymour Wynne-Finch as Cosmo, Grand Duke of Tuscany
by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
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by Henry Van der Weyde
photogravure
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Sir William Eden, 7th Bt and 5th Bt
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Van der Weyde
stipple engraving, 1880s
NPG D36070
printed by M & N Hanhart, published by W. Morley & Co, after Henry Van der Weyde
chromolithograph, early 1880s
NPG D42798
by Moritz Klinkicht, probably after Henry Van der Weyde
wood engraving, published 2 April 1904
NPG D45897
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