Alexander Bassano
(1829-1913), PhotographerSitter in 4 portraits
Artist associated with 2805 portraits
Born in London, Bassano received artistic training in the studios of painters Augustus Egg and William Beverley, and at Thomas Heatherley's Art School. He opened his first photographic studio in 1850 on Regent Street, London. In 1876 he moved to Old Bond Street, where the firm was located until 1921. The studio was large enough to accommodate an eighty-foot panoramic background scene mounted on rollers, which provided a variety of outdoor scenes or court backgrounds. Bassano retired in around 1903 and had reputedly earned £60,000 through portraiture. He married Adelaide Lancaster in 1850 and they had three children. He died aged eighty-four in Acton, London and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.
by Alexander Bassano
panel portrait size glass negative, early 1870s
NPG x127991
by Alexander Bassano
panel portrait size glass negative, early 1870s
NPG x127992
by Alexander Bassano
panel portrait size glass negative, early 1870s
NPG x127994
Robert Curzon, 15th Baron Zouche
by Alexander Bassano
panel portrait size glass negative, early 1870s
NPG x127995
Robert Curzon, 15th Baron Zouche
by Alexander Bassano
panel portrait size glass negative, early 1870s
NPG x127996
Robert Curzon, 15th Baron Zouche
by Alexander Bassano
panel portrait size glass negative, early 1870s
NPG x127997
Adelaide Fanny Louise Barber (née Bassano)
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate collodion glass negative, early 1870s
NPG x150654
Adelaide Fanny Louise Barber (née Bassano)
after Alexander Bassano
quarter-plate film copy negative, early 1870s
NPG x150660
after Alexander Bassano
quarter-plate film copy negative, early 1870s
NPG x150659
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass copy negative, 1870s
NPG x30749
by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, 1870s
NPG x20206
by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, 1870s
NPG x20207
by Alexander Bassano
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x45717
Agnes Elizabeth Wood (née Courtenay), Viscountess Halifax
by Alexander Bassano
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x45718
by Alexander Bassano
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x38547
by Alexander Bassano
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x38546
by Alexander Bassano
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x38545
by Alexander Bassano
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG x1375
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, 1870-1880
NPG x7033
by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, 1870s-1900s
NPG x87118
by Alexander Bassano
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s-1880s
NPG x136253
by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, circa 1870s-1880s
NPG x159207
Unknown man, formerly known as Philip Reginald Cocks, 5th Baron Somers
by Alexander Bassano
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x197165
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1870s
NPG x95967
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1870s
NPG x95968
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1870s
NPG x95969
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1870s
NPG x95970
by Alexander Bassano
albumen carte-de-visite, 1871
NPG Ax24168
by Alexander Bassano
albumen carte-de-visite, 1871
NPG Ax131390
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1871
NPG x95846
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1871
NPG x95847
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1871?
NPG x95848
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1871?
NPG x95849
by Alexander Bassano
vintage print, 1872
NPG x25202
by Alexander Bassano
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1872
NPG x197104
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Teck and Marquess of Cambridge; Prince Francis of Teck; Queen Mary
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1872
NPG x96006
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Teck and Marquess of Cambridge
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1872
NPG x96007
Queen Mary; Prince Francis of Teck; Prince Adolphus, Duke of Teck and Marquess of Cambridge
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1872
NPG x96008
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1872
NPG x96117
Adelaide Fanny Louise Barber (née Bassano)
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate collodion glass negative, mid 1870s
NPG x150661
Related People
- Adelaide Fanny Louise Barber (née Bassano) (daughter)
- Adelaide Rose Ainslie Bassano (née Lancaster) (wife)
- Clement George Alexander Bassano (son)
- Hermione Una Adelaide Camilla Gunton-Turner (née Serjeant) (granddaughter)
- Sybil Ainslie Ida Hanson (née Serjeant) (granddaughter)
- Camilla Teresa ('Lily') Serjeant (née Bassano) (daughter)
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