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.
Fanny Wright (Mrs Williams) as Bacchus in 'Bacchus and Ariadne'
by Southwell Brothers, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x27549
Fanny Wright (Mrs Williams) as Bacchus; Caroline Adams as Ariadne in 'Bacchus and Ariadne'
by Southwell Brothers, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x27550
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x36354
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
by Southwell Brothers
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG Ax46772
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Southwell Brothers, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG Ax46773
by Southwell Brothers
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG Ax46737
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x15572
Queen Alexandra; Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG Ax47005
Caroline Adams as Ariadne in 'Bacchus and Ariadne'
by Southwell Brothers, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x12
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1864
NPG x12716
Miss Pelham; Lydia Maitland as Prince Poppet in 'Rumpelstiltskin'
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1864
NPG x20479
Harriet Pelham as Prince Lollius in 'Rumpelstiltskin'
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1864
NPG x21753
Emma Barnett as Lesbia in 'The Comedy of Errors'
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x225
Nelly Burton as Snowdrop in 'Snowdrop'
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x4918
Caroline Carson as Adriana in 'The Comedy of Errors'
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x5685
Charles Webb; Henry Berry Webb as the Dromio Twins in 'The Comedy of Errors'
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x27313
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x134190
by Southwell Brothers
albumen print, 1864
NPG x45218
The Webb Brothers, John Nelson and George James Vining in 'The Comedy of Errors'
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x138801
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