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Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell
1 of 2 portraits of Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell
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Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1919
6 1/8 in. x 4 1/2 in. (156 mm x 115 mm)
Commissioned, 1919
Photographs Collection
NPG x164858
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- Sir Henry Hesketh Joudou Bell (1864-1952), Colonial administrator. Sitter in 2 portraits.
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- Walter Stoneman (1876-1958), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 18527 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.
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Angela Kenworthy (nee Bell)
21 July 2015, 12:26
Sir Henry Hesketh Bell was my great uncle (my grandfather's cousin, I believe, so may be distant cousin rather than 'uncle') and I never knew his portrait hung in the National Portrait Gallery, although I have seen this particularly image before, specifically in the fly leaf of one of his books, 'Glimpses of a Governor's Life' of which I have a copy. If the Gallery has any further information regarding the background to this portrait or the sitter - and why it has a place in the Gallery, I would be fascinated to know. Kind regards