Leading British portrait photographer in Victorian London. He opened his first studio on Regent Street in Loondon in 1850 and in 1876 moved to 25 Old Bond Street where the firm continued until 1921. Perhaps his most memorable portrait was the one of Lord Kitchener that was used for one of the most famous recruiting posters of the First World War - "Your Country Needs You". He had taken portraits of William Ewart Gladstone and Queen Victoria. He retired from work at the studio in 1903, when the premises were extensively refurbished and relaunched as Bassano Ltd, Royal Photographers. He is well represented in the collections of National Portrait Gallery in London.
Leading British portrait photographer in Victorian London. He opened his first studio on Regent Street in Loondon in 1850 and in 1876 moved to 25 Old Bond Street where the firm continued until 1921. Perhaps his most memorable portrait was the one of Lord Kitchener that was used for one of the most famous recruiting posters of the First World War - "Your Country Needs You". He had taken portraits of William Ewart Gladstone and Queen Victoria. He retired from work at the studio in 1903, when the premises were extensively refurbished and relaunched as Bassano Ltd, Royal Photographers. He is well represented in the collections of National Portrait Gallery in London.
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