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Herbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection

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Affectionately known as 'Leo', Herbert Felton was was a professional photographer who specialised in architectural photographer. Based in England, he worked for architectural publications before being appointed the first official staff photographer of the National Buildings Record (NBR), which was set up to record buildings under threat from wartime bombing. He would continue to photograph for the NBR until 1963.

113 Photographic Prints

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Boston Stump

Boston Stump and River Welland, Lincolnshire, circa 1930. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Stamford

Stamford, Lincolnshire, circa 1930. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Midland Hotel in Morecambe, the first Art Deco hotel in Britain

Midland Hotel in Morecambe, the first Art Deco hotel in Britain
circa 1935: A view of the front elevation of the Midland Hotel in Morecambe, Lancashire. Designed by architect Oliver Hill and built in 1932-33 by the London Midland & Scottish Railway

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Reigate Town Hall

Reigate Town Hall
The Town Hall and High Street, Reigate, Surrey, circa 1930. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Tattershall Castle

Tattershall Castle
The Great Tower of Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire, circa 1935. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Christs College

Christs College
circa 1930: The gateway of Christs College, Cambridge, depicting the college crest. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Paycocke s

Paycocke s, a Tudor house dating from around 1500, in the market town of Coggeshall, Essex, circa 1935. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Canterbury Mill

Canterbury Mill
The Millers Arms pub and the Denne & Sons Ltd City Mills on St Radigunds Street in Canterbury, circa 1920. The Denne watermill burnt down in 1933. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: La Scala

La Scala
circa 1930: La Scala Opera House in Milan, originally built in 1776. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Burnham Beeches

Burnham Beeches, an area of woodland in Buckinghamshire, circa 1930. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Saxon Cross

Saxon Cross
A Saxon cross in the churchyard at Bakewell, Derbyshire, circa 1930. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Chiswick Mall

Chiswick Mall
Low tide at Chiswick Mall, an area of Chiswick in west London, on the banks of the River Thames, circa 1930. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Oxford City

Oxford City
circa 1910: High Street, Oxford in the English south-central county of Oxfordshire. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Forum

Forum
circa 1930: The Temples of Castor and Pollux in the foreground of the Forum in central Rome. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Mecklenburgh Square

Mecklenburgh Square in Camden, London, where it joins Doughty Street (on the right), circa 1925. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Russell Hotel

Russell Hotel
The Russell Hotel in Londons Russell Square, circa 1930. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Stourbridge Street Scene

Stourbridge Street Scene
A street of shops in Stourbridge in the West Midlands, circa 1930. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Arnhem Town Hall

Arnhem Town Hall
The Town Hall, Arnhem, Netherlands, circa 1930. The buliding was formerly known as Maarten van Rossum Huis and nicnamed the Duivelshuis (devils house)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Bridgnorth

Bridgnorth
The High Street in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, circa 1930. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Oundle School

Oundle School
Oundle public school, Northamptonshire, circa 1930. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Spiral staircase leading to the lounge and sunroof of the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea

Spiral staircase leading to the lounge and sunroof of the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea
The spiral staircase leading to the lounge and sunroof of the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, 1937. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Friesian Cows

Friesian Cows
circa 1930: A Dutch farmer milking one of his Friesian dairy cows by hand. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Old Roman Forum

Old Roman Forum
circa 1930: The ruins of the forum of ancient Rome, standing in the centre of the modern city. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Porta Capuana

Porta Capuana
circa 1930: The Porta Capuana, a gateway in Naples allowing access to the old part of the city. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Glen Aray

Glen Aray
circa 1930: Scottish valley of Glen Aray in Argyllshire. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Knife Grinder

Knife Grinder
circa 1910: A man and his knife grinding equipment at work in Axminster. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Medinet Habu

Medinet Habu
circa 1920: The Medinet Habu in Egypt. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Lincolns Statue

Lincolns Statue
circa 1930: The statue of Abraham Lincoln, found in Parliament Square, London, which is a copy of a statue by American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, in Chicago

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: St Barts Entrance

St Barts Entrance
circa 1930: The entrance gate to St Bartholomew The Great in London. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Bath Tearoom

Bath Tearoom
circa 1900: The shopfront of a Norton Dairies cafe on the Regency Bow, Bath. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Greyhound Hotel

Greyhound Hotel
circa 1930: The Greyhound Hotel in Corfe, Dorset. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Glen Aray

Glen Aray
Scottish valley of Glen Aray in Argyllshire

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Magdelan

Magdelan
circa 1928: Magdalen College and Tower at Oxford University. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Luxor Temple

Luxor Temple
circa 1935: A statue of the Pharaohs daughter at the foot of a statue of Ramses II in the ruins of a great temple built in the 14th century BC. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Venetian Street

Venetian Street
circa 1930: Gondolas on a side canal in Venice. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Dutch Cathedral

Dutch Cathedral
circa 1930: The Roman Catholic Cathedral from Voorbugwal in the Dutch city of Amsterdam. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Via Tornabuoni

Via Tornabuoni
circa 1930: The Via Tornabuoni, leading towards the Piazza della Signoria (Palazzo Vecchio) in Florence. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Castle Of San Angelo

Castle Of San Angelo
circa 1930: Castle of San Angelo, Rome. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Kings College

Kings College
circa 1920: Kings College, Cambridge. The Senate House, with the tower of St Johns behind it, is on the right. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Reading Room

Reading Room
circa 1925: The Reading Room at the British Museum where Karl Marx was a frequent visitor. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Holborn Empire

Holborn Empire
circa 1930: The Holborn Empire, London. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Conway Castle

Conway Castle
circa 1930: Conway Castle (also Conwy) in Carnarvonshire, north-west Wales, built by Edward I to subdue the Welsh in about 1284. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: New Bank Of England

New Bank Of England
circa 1930: The modern Bank of England in the City of London, with the statue of the Duke of Wellington (1769 - 1852) in front. This building was opened around 1930

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Old London Bridge

Old London Bridge
circa 1800: A watercolour by J Varley, (1778 - 1843), after a print of 1787 of London Bridge, showing the houses built on the bridge. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: St Ethelburga

St Ethelburga
circa 1925: An opticians shop in front of the Church of St Ethelburga the Virgin, Bishopsgate, London EC2. The shop in front of the church was removed in 1935; prints dating from the 17th century

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Newcastle Slums

Newcastle Slums
circa 1910: A woman attends to domestic chores in a slum housing area of Newcastles by-ways. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: Shelleys Home

Shelleys Home
circa 1900: The house of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire is marked with a stone commemorating the fact that Lord Byron visited him here

Background imageHerbert Felton (1888-1968) Photography Photographic Print Collection: River Arno

River Arno
circa 1925: A fishing boat or dredger on the River Arno in Florence, near the Ponte Vecchio. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)



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