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.
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by Bassano Ltd
12 x 10 inch glass plate copy positive, 29 July 1910
NPG x183676
copy by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 30 August 1920 (circa 1910)
NPG x75159
Madame Olivette's dance studio
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 11 November 1920
NPG x120783
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print on photographer's card mount, 1920
NPG x27620
Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print on card mount, 12 August 1920
NPG x28745
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 28 June 1920
NPG x18145
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 3 January 1920
NPG x78608
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 3 January 1920
NPG x78609
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 28 June 1920
NPG x81372
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 15 January 1920
NPG x154625
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 9 January 1920
NPG x120011
Gertrude Annie Turquand (née Caulkin)
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 15 October 1920
NPG x158336
Gertrude Annie Turquand (née Caulkin)
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 15 October 1920
NPG x158337
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 18 February 1920
NPG x153962
Gladys Miriam Kerr (née Larking)
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1920
NPG x153964
Katherine Olive Stuart-Menteth
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate nitrate negative, 5 November 1920
NPG x153970
Katherine Olive Stuart-Menteth
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate nitrate negative, 5 November 1920
NPG x153971
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 3 June 1920
NPG x34911
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 3 June 1920
NPG x34915
by Bassano Ltd
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 15 June 1920
NPG x183673