Herbert Rose Barraud’s Stunning Portraits From ‘Men and Women of the Day’ (1888-89)

Herbert Rose Barraud (1845–1896) was a prominent British portrait photographer who had studios in London and Liverpool. He produced cabinet photos of many famous Victorian statesmen, artists, and members of the aristocracy, many of which were published in his two-volume work, Men and Women of the Day (1888-89).

Most of Barraud’s images were woodburytypes, then a newly developed process which lent itself admirably to portraiture, being able to render middle tones accurately. His studios were at 96 Gloucester Place, Portman Square in 1883; at 263 Oxford Street (“A few doors west of ‘The Circus’”) between 1883 and 1891; at 73 Piccadilly from 1893 to 1896; and at 126 Piccadilly in 1897. Another studio was located at 92 Bold Street, Liverpool.

Below is a selection of stunning portraits from Men and Women of the Day (1888-89) by Herbert Rose Barraud.

Ellen Wallis, 1888

Antoinette Sterling, 1888

Ellen Terry, 1888

Helen Mathers, 1888

Lady Randolph Churchill, 1888

Madame Clara Schumann, 1888

Marie Roze, 1888

Marion Margaret Violet, Marchioness of Granby, 1888

Mary Anderson, 1888

Mrs. Gladstone, 1888

Mrs. Hodgson Burnett, 1888

Adelina Patti, 1889

Alice Anne Cornwell, 1889

Frances Evelyn, Lady Brooke, 1889

Julia Mary, Baroness Carew, 1889

Madame Wilhelmine Norman-Neruda, 1889

Mary Moore, 1889

Maude Valerie White, 1889

Mrs Humphry Ward, 1889

Mrs John Wood, 1889

Mrs. Fanny Bernard-Beere, 1889

Rhoda Broughton, 1889