Royal Photographers Bassano Ltd. is an artist. 4 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

This London studio ran like a family photo booth that never closed—except they used glass plates and proper lighting instead of a flash. They snapped portraits of dancers and actors before anyone else did, catching their subjects mid-smile or mid-step. Why they’re here: look up Lydia Kyasht’s 1913 shot—she’s mid-pirouette, skirt flared, the whole studio’s light bent into a soft halo behind her.

Works by Royal Photographers Bassano Ltd.

Gracie Fields
Photograph of Nellie Briercliffe
Photograph of Sylvia Cecil
Lydia Kyasht

Collections represented

Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.