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Vivienne

(1889-1982), Photographer, miniaturist, singer

Vivienne (Florence Vivienne Entwistle, née Mellish)

Sitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 213 portraits
Florence Vivienne Mellish first trained and performed as a singer. On marriage to Ernest Entwistle, an artist, she took up a successful career as a miniaturist. She began her photographic career in 1934 assisting her husband and son, Antony Beauchamp. When the latter left to set up his own studio, she adopted the name Vivienne and opened her own studio photographing inter alia five successive prime ministers. Other portraits are collected in her autobiography They Came to My Studio (1956).

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Heather Sears, by Vivienne - NPG x88030

Heather Sears

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1950s
NPG x88030

Heather Sears, by Vivienne - NPG x88031

Heather Sears

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1950s
NPG x88031

Athene Seyler, by Vivienne - NPG x88032

Athene Seyler

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1950s
NPG x88032

Athene Seyler, by Vivienne - NPG x88033

Athene Seyler

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1950s
NPG x88033

Richard Todd, by Vivienne - NPG x88035

Richard Todd

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1950s
NPG x88035

Billie Whitelaw, by Vivienne - NPG x88038

Billie Whitelaw

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1950s
NPG x88038

Billie Whitelaw, by Vivienne - NPG x88039

Billie Whitelaw

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1950s
NPG x88039

Edmundo Ros, by Vivienne - NPG x88573

Edmundo Ros

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1950s
NPG x88573

Chartwell, by Vivienne - NPG x45167

Chartwell

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1950s
NPG x45167

Terence Rattigan, by Vivienne, for Camera Press - NPG x194388

Terence Rattigan

by Vivienne, for Camera Press
bromide press print, 1950s
NPG x194388

Alec Douglas-Home, by Vivienne - NPG x29888

Alec Douglas-Home

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1950s
NPG x29888

David Blair, by Vivienne - NPG x6037

David Blair

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1950s
NPG x6037

Winston Churchill, by Vivienne - NPG x45168

Winston Churchill

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1951
NPG x45168

Winston Churchill, by Vivienne - NPG x45169

Winston Churchill

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1951
NPG x45169

Winston Churchill, by Vivienne - NPG x45170

Winston Churchill

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1951
NPG x45170

Winston Churchill, by Vivienne - NPG x45171

Winston Churchill

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1951
NPG x45171

Winston Churchill, by Vivienne - NPG x45172

Winston Churchill

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, September 1951
NPG x45172

Winston Churchill, by Vivienne - NPG x45173

Winston Churchill

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1951
NPG x45173

Winston Churchill, by Vivienne - NPG x45174

Winston Churchill

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1951
NPG x45174

Winston Churchill, by Vivienne - NPG x45175

Winston Churchill

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1951
NPG x45175

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