Bassano Theatricals
3864 Portraits in set
The Gallery holds over 40,000 negatives taken by the Bassano studio between the 1870s and 1950s. The firm was founded by Alexander Bassano in 1850 in Regent Street, London. The studio moved three times later to Old Bond Street in 1876, Dover Street in 1920 and then to Pimlico in 1974, where it still operates. The firm donated the bulk of the gallery's collection in 1974 when it made its last move to Pimlico. In 1996 two further selection of negatives were acquired, namely much of the work taken by Alexander Bassano himself from the 1870s to the early 1900s and a further 5,000 negatives of mainly theatrical subjects (from 1903-1939) which were presented by John Culme.
by Alexander Bassano
bromide print, 1877
NPG x85692
by Alexander Bassano
bromide print, 1889
NPG x135958
Violet Vanbrugh (Violet Augusta Mary Barnes)
by Alexander Bassano
bromide print, 1890
NPG x84957
by Alexander Bassano
bromide print, 1892
NPG x84958
by Alexander Bassano
bromide print, 1892
NPG x84959
by Alexander Bassano
bromide print, 1892
NPG x84960
by Alexander Bassano
bromide print, 1892
NPG x84961
Lena Ashwell (née Lena Margaret Pocock, later Lady Simson) as Mrs Dane in 'Mrs Dane's Defence'
by Alexander Bassano
bromide print, 1900
NPG x85443
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, circa 1902
NPG x85101
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1902
NPG x85506
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, circa 1904
NPG x83042
Pauline Chase as Peter Pan in 'Peter Pan'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1906
NPG x104646
Pauline Chase as Peter Pan in 'Peter Pan'
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1906
NPG x83025
Camille Clifford (Camilla Antoinette Clifford)
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1906
NPG x83027
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1906
NPG x83155
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1906
NPG x83212
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1906
NPG x83213
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1907
NPG x83142
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1907
NPG x83143
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1907
NPG x83261
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1907
NPG x83262
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, circa 1907
NPG x85140
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1907
NPG x85532
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1907
NPG x85533
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1907
NPG x85534
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1907
NPG x85535
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, December 1907
NPG x101009
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, December 1907
NPG x101010
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, December 1907
NPG x101011
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, December 1907
NPG x101012
Lillah McCarthy as Raina in George Bernard Shaw's 'Arms and the Man'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, December 1907
NPG x101013
Lillah McCarthy as Raina in George Bernard Shaw's 'Arms and the Man'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, December 1907
NPG x101014
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, December 1907
NPG x101015
Pauline Chase as Peter Pan in 'Peter Pan'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101155
Pauline Chase as Peter Pan in 'Peter Pan'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101156
Pauline Chase as Peter Pan in 'Peter Pan'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101157
Pauline Chase as Peter Pan in 'Peter Pan'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101158
Pauline Chase as Peter Pan in 'Peter Pan'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101159
Pauline Chase as Peter Pan in 'Peter Pan'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101160
Pauline Chase as Peter Pan in 'Peter Pan'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101161
Pauline Chase as Peter Pan in 'Peter Pan'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101162
Pauline Chase as Peter Pan in 'Peter Pan'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101163
Pauline Chase as Peter Pan in 'Peter Pan'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101164
Pauline Chase as Peter Pan in 'Peter Pan'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101165
Pauline Chase as Peter Pan in 'Peter Pan'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101166
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101371
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101372
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101518
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101519
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101520
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101521
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101522
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101523
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101524
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101525
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101526
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x101527
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x102544
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x102545
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x102546