James Russell and Sons (fl. 1850-1908) (photographers)
Dates
- Existence: fl. 1850 - 1908
Biography
James Russell and Sons was a commercial photographic firm based in London, England. The company was established in 1852. It occupied a number of premises: 29 Union Road, Tufnell Park 1883-85; 199 Brompton Road 1884-88; 49 Brecknock Road 1886-99, 17 Baker Street 1889-. The company was still in business in 1908 (Pritchard 1994, pp.100-101). During the late nineteenth century the firm also had studios at 13 High Street, Windsor and 50 Clarendon Road, Southsea.
Sources:
Pritchard, Michael (1994), 'A directory of London photographers 1841-1908'. Watford: PhotoResearch.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
1922. Aged 57, 1922
137 x 138 mm. Head and shoulders full face portrait.
Aged 57 [1922], 1922
143 x 192 mm. Half length, half profile portrait of Bell, in civilian suit and seated in a chair.
B. Fairfax Conigrave, 1924 - 1930
145 x 192 mm. Head and shoulders portrait of Berkeley Fairfax Conigrave. Conigrave joined the Royal Colonial Institute in 1898 and served on its Council from 1924-30. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment for fraud in 1934. Photograph by J. Russell and Son, 73 Baker Street, London.
Edward Salmon (1865-1955), Ed United Empire, 1935 - 1955
103 x 125 mm. Oval print mounted on card. Head and shoulders portrait of Edward Salmon OBE, author and journalist. Salmon was editor of Home News for India and Australia 1889-99, the Saturday Review 1899-1913, The British Dominions Year-book 1916-24, and United Empire 1920-37. Photograph by Russell and Sons, Baker Street, London.
Mr A Bradley Lambert, 1900 - 1929
140 x 189 mm. Mounted on card. Half length portrait of Arthur Bradley Lambert (1858-1929), sometime General Manager of the Great Western Railway. Photograph by Russell and Sons, Baker Street, London.