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Bassano 1920


1541 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.

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Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x183676

Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

by Bassano Ltd
12 x 10 inch glass plate copy positive, 29 July 1910
NPG x183676

Madame Olivette's dance studio, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x120783

Madame Olivette's dance studio

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 11 November 1920
NPG x120783

Dame Emily Penrose, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x27620

Dame Emily Penrose

by Bassano Ltd
bromide print on photographer's card mount, 1920
NPG x27620

Anna Pavlova, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x18145

Anna Pavlova

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 28 June 1920
NPG x18145

Sir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x78608

Sir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 3 January 1920
NPG x78608

Sir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x78609

Sir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 3 January 1920
NPG x78609

Anna Pavlova, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x81372

Anna Pavlova

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 28 June 1920
NPG x81372

Sir John Adye, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x154625

Sir John Adye

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 15 January 1920
NPG x154625

Sir Cecil Hertslet, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x120011

Sir Cecil Hertslet

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 9 January 1920
NPG x120011

Innis Shawen, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x153962

Innis Shawen

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 18 February 1920
NPG x153962

Katherine Olive Stuart-Menteth, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x153970

Katherine Olive Stuart-Menteth

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate nitrate negative, 5 November 1920
NPG x153970

Katherine Olive Stuart-Menteth, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x153971

Katherine Olive Stuart-Menteth

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate nitrate negative, 5 November 1920
NPG x153971

Perez de Eizaguirre, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x34911

Perez de Eizaguirre

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 3 June 1920
NPG x34911

Perez de Eizaguirre, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x34915

Perez de Eizaguirre

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 3 June 1920
NPG x34915

Sir Charles Henry Coke, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x183673

Sir Charles Henry Coke

by Bassano Ltd
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 15 June 1920
NPG x183673