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.
by Southwell Brothers, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
NPG x18446
Lewin Bentham Bowring; Katharine Bowring (née Bellasis)
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1867-1868
NPG Ax46976
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 20 June 1877
NPG x28086
Paul John Bedford; John Lawrence Toole
by Henry Calton Terrence Maguire, printed by Stannard & Dixon, after Southwell Brothers
chromolithograph, mid 19th century
NPG D46005
Edward William Harvey-Hawke, 4th Baron Hawke
by Joseph Brown, published by A.H. Baily & Co, probably after Southwell Brothers
stipple engraving, published 1 February 1865
NPG D35612
John Trollope, 1st Baron Kesteven
by Joseph Brown, published by A.H. Baily & Co, after a photograph by Southwell Brothers
stipple engraving, published 2 January 1865
NPG D36858
John Trollope, 1st Baron Kesteven
by Joseph Brown, published by A.H. Baily & Co, after a photograph by Southwell Brothers
stipple engraving, published 2 January 1865
NPG D4059
Rosalind Frances (née Stanley), Countess of Carlisle with two children
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax46984
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax68025
Hon. Jane Parsons (née Duncombe)
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax9871
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax9872
Lady Mary Frances Augusta Feilding
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x6835
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x6840
Lady Kathleen Elizabeth Mary Julia Clive (née Feilding)
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x6841
Lewin Bentham Bowring; Katharine Bowring (née Bellasis)
by Parisian School of Photography, after Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1867-1868
NPG Ax46823
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