Downey Collection (page 8)

DUCHESS OF LEINSTER (1864-1895). Hermione Wilhelmina Fitzgerald. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1890

JOHN ELDON GORST (1835-1916). British lawyer and politician. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1892

GATHORNE GATHORNE-HARDY. (1814-1906). English politician and 1st Earl of Cranbrook. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1891

JAMES FLEMING (1830-1908). Irish clergyman and Canon of York Cathedral. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1891

EMMA EAMES (1867-1952). American opera singer. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1891

FREDERIC HARRISON (1831-1923). English jurist and historian. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1891

EMILY FAITHFULL (1835-1895). English womens rights activist and publisher. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1891

AGNES HUNTINGTON (1864-1953). American singer. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1891

HENRY HAWKINS (1817-1907). English judge. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1891

FARRER HERSCHELL (1837-1899). Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, 1886 and 1892-1895. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1890

HUGH PRICE HUGHES (1847-1902). Welsh theologian. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1890

MILLICENT FAWCETT (1847-1929). British suffragist and feminist. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1890

THOMAS HARDY (1840-1928). English novelist. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1894

ALBERT OF SAXONY (1828-1902). King of Saxony, 1873-1902. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1894

FANNY BROUGH (1854-1914). English actress. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1894

HENRY CHAPLIN (1840-1923). English sportsman and politician. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1894

EFFIE BANCROFT (1839-1921). Marie Effie Wilton, Lady Bancroft. English actress and theatre manager. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1894

HENRY OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896). Prince Henry Maurice of Battenberg. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1894

SOPHIE BRYANT (1850-1922). Irish mathematician, educator, and suffragist. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1894

ROYAL FAMILY, c1894. King Christian IX of Denmark, Alexandra of Denmark (then Princess of Wales), Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Queen of Denmark; Princess Louise (Duchess of Fife) and Lady Alexandra Duff

MARTIN CONWAY (1856-1937). English art critic, politician, cartographer, and mountaineer. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1893

GERTRUDE ELIZABETH BLOOD (1857-1911). Lady Colin Campbell. Irish writer and socialite. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1893

EDWIN ARNOLD (1832-1904). British poet and journalist. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1893

ALEXANDRA DUFF (1891-1959). Duchess of Fife and Princess Arthur of Connaught. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1893

GEORGE ALEXANDER (1858-1918). British actor. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1893

MANDELL CREIGHTON (1843-1901). British historian and Anglican bishop. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1893

WILLIAM AYRTON (1847-1908). English physicist and electrical engineer. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1893

JOSEPH BARNBY (1838-1896). English composer and conductor. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1893

DOROTHY DENE (1859-1899). English actress and model. With her sisters. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1893

FRANK DICKSEE (1853-1928). British painter. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1893

LOTTIE DOD (1871-1960). English tennis player. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1892

MRS. ALEXANDER (1825-1902). Anne French Hector. British novelist. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1892

ADELAIDE DETCHON (1868-?). American actress. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1892

JOSEPH ROBERT DIGGLE (1849-1917). British clergyman and public servant. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1892

HALL CAINE (1853-1931). Manx author. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1892

JOHN STUART BLACKIE (1809-1895). Scottish scholar and man of letters. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1892

LADY CAREW (c1864-1922). Julia Mary Lethbridge, wife of Robert Carew, 3rd Baron Carew. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1892

OLGA BRANDON (1865-1906). Australian actress. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1892

SQUIRE BANCROFT (1841-1926). English actor. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1891

MARY DAVIES (1855-1930). Welsh singer. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1891

EDWARD STANLEY (1826-1893). 15th Earl of Derby, British statesman. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1891

WILLIAM BOYD CARPENTER (1841-1918). English clergyman and Bishop of Ripon, 1884-1911. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1891

ROBERT STAWELL BALL (1840-1913). Irish astronomer. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1891

WILSON BARRETT (1846-1904). English actor and playwright. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1891

ALGERNON BORTHWICK (1830-1908). British journalist and politician. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1891

HENRY ALLON (1818-1892). British Nonconformist theologian. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1890

WILLIAM ARMSTRONG (1810-1900). British industrialist, 1st Baron Armstrong. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1890

EDWARD BENSON (1829-1896). Archbishop of Canterbury, 1883-1896. Photograph by W. & D. Downey, c1890

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