Henry Van der Weyde, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henry Van der Weyde

English painter and photographer

Date of Birth: 30-Aug-1838

Place of Birth: Zierikzee, Zeeland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1924

Profession: photographer, painter

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Henry Van der Weyde (1838–1924) was a Dutch-born English painter and photographer, best known for his photographic portraits of the late 19th century.
His is considered a photographic pioneer in the use of electric light in photography.
Amongst his portraits are architect William Burges (c.1880), Alexandra, Princess of Wales,A.
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Housman, actresses Mary Anderson (1887) and Dorothy Dene (1880s), Sir Edwin Arnold, bodybuilder Eugen Sandow (1889) and explorer Fridtjof Nansen (1897).