Southwell Brothers
(active 1861-1876), PhotographersArtist associated with 197 portraits
William, Frederick and Edwin Southwell were three London-born brothers. By 1861, the brothers had left the family business of piano tuners and established themselves as photographers. They opened a photographic studio on Baker Street and later also on New Bond Street. Between 1862 and 1868 they copyrighted some 276 images.
Eleanora ('Ellen') Kean (née Tree)
by Southwell Brothers, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x18968
Miss Langford as Cupid in 'Ixion'
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x19876
Carlotta Leclercq as Zillah in 'The Duke's Motto'
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x19971
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x45469
Louise, Queen of Denmark; Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia (Princess Dagmar); Queen Alexandra
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, October 1863
NPG x46537
Louise, Queen of Denmark; Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia (Princess Dagmar); Queen Alexandra
by Southwell Brothers
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, October 1863
NPG Ax46723
King Edward VII; Queen Alexandra; George I, King of Greece
by Southwell Brothers
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, October 1863
NPG Ax46759
by Southwell Brothers
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, October 1863
NPG Ax46760
by Southwell Brothers
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, October 1863
NPG Ax46763
Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia (Princess Dagmar); Queen Alexandra
by Southwell Brothers
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, October 1863
NPG Ax46777
Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia (Princess Dagmar); Queen Alexandra
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, October 1863
NPG x129566
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, October 1863
NPG x12845
Mrs Henry Marston (Georgiana Caroline Marsh (née Noel)) as the Nurse in 'Romeo and Juliet'
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
NPG x21217
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s
NPG x20478
Willoughby Hunter Weiss in 'The Desert Flower'
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x27322
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x22368
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x12777
Harriet Pelham as Jupiter in 'Ixion'
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x21754
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, mid-late 1860s
NPG x21725
Jenny Willmore (later Whyatt) in 'Ixion'
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x27433
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