Walter Stoneman
(1876-1958), PhotographerSitter in 8 portraits
Artist associated with 18527 portraits
From the age of twenty-one Stoneman worked as a photographer for the large established firm of J. Russell & Sons of Baker Street, London. He worked his way up, photographing society figures. By 1913, he had risen to the position of Managing Director. In 1917 he approached the Director of the National Portrait Gallery, James Milner, with an ambitious idea for a National Photographic Record. The Record was set up to photograph every eminent British person, with a photograph of each to be kept as a permanent record in the Gallery's reference collection. Stoneman photographed some 7,000 sitters on the Gallery's behalf; he worked on the Record for forty-one years, adding 100-200 portraits each year.
Sir (Clement) Anderson Montague-Barlow
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39044
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39045
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39046
Sir George William Agnew, 2nd Bt
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39047
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39048
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39049
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39050
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39051
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39052
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39053
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39054
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39055
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39057
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39058
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39059
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39060
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39061
Sir Arthur Henderson Fairbairn
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39062
John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, 1st Baron Islington
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39063
Sir Ellis Jones Ellis-Griffith, 1st Bt
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39064
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