General Sir Evelyn Wood, V.C., K.C.B. Photographer: Waléry
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Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length standing portrait, in military uniform, of Field Marshal Sir Henry Evelyn Wood (1838-1919), V.C. and first British Sirdar of the Egyptian Army 1882.
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait of Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901), novelist and Secretary of the Palestine Exploration Fund 1868-86.
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length standing portrait of the French military officer and politician, Georges Ernest Jean Marie Boulanger (1837-1891).
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length standing portrait of the singer Janet Monach Patey (1842-1894), who became the principal English contralto of her day.
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length standing portrait of the American photographer and artist Henry Van Der Weyde. Van Der Weyde settled in London in the 1870s, and after numerous experiments with artificial studio lighting, opened a studio in Regent Street in 1877. He took out a n...
Sir Joseph Fayrer, K.C.S.I., etc. Photographer: Waléry
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Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length standing portrait of the surgeon and physician Sir Joseph Fayrer (1824-1907), Indian Medical Service (Bengal) 1850, President of the Medical Board of the India Office 1874-95 and writer on tropical diseases.