George Charles Beresford was a Victorian studio photographer, originally from Drumlease, Dromahair, County Leitrim. He was the son of Henry Marcus Beresford (1835-1895) and Julia Ellen Maunsell (?-1923), and the third of five children . He was a descendant of Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone. Beresford was sent to Westward Ho! in 1877 and attended the United Services College.

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  • George Charles Beresford was a Victorian studio photographer, originally from Drumlease, Dromahair, County Leitrim. He was the son of Henry Marcus Beresford (1835-1895) and Julia Ellen Maunsell (?-1923), and the third of five children . He was a descendant of Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone. Beresford was sent to Westward Ho! in 1877 and attended the United Services College. On leaving in 1882 he enrolled at the Royal Indian Engineering College at Cooper's Hill, and from there went to India in 1882 as a civil engineer in the Public Works Department. After four years he contracted malaria and returned to England to study art, eventually exhibiting at the Royal Academy Between 1902 and 1932 he worked from a studio in Knightsbridge at 20 Yeoman's Row, Brompton Road. Here he produced platinotype portraits of writers, artists and politicians who were celebrities of the time. His images were used in publications such as The World's Work, The Sketch, The Tatler and The Illustrated London News. He donated substantially to the Red Cross in World War I and later turned to a very successful dealing in antiques. In 1943 the National Portrait Gallery acquired some of his negatives and prints from his former secretary. Beresford was a close friend of Augustus John and Sir William Orpen, another Irishman - they produced a number of images of each other. Kipling's character M'Turk in Stalky & Co. was based on Beresford, whose autobiography Schooldays with Kipling appeared in 1936.
  • George Charles Beresford war ein viktorianischer Studiofotograf.
  • George Charles Beresford fue un fotógrafo británico especializado en retrato durante la época victoriana. Fue el tercer hijo de Henry Marcus Beresford y Julia Ellen Maunsell, descendientes de Marcus Beresford, primer conde de Tyrone en 1746. Realizó estudios en el United Services College que era una escuela privada que preparaba a los jóvenes para la academias militares; posteriormente cursó estudios de ingeniería civil en el Royal Indian Engineering College y fue destinado a la India en 1882 en un trabajo de ingeniero. Sin embargo contrajo la malaria y regresó a Inglaterra para estudiar arte, lo que le permitió exponer alguna obra en la Royal Academy. Entre 1902 y 1932 estuvo trabajando en un estudio fotográfico que instaló en Knightsbridge, donde realizaba retratos mediante la técnica de la platinotipia de artistas y políticos de la época. Sus fotos aparecían en publicaciones como The World's Work, The Sketch, The Tatler o The Illustrated London News. Era amigo del también irlandés William Orpen con el que intercambió retratos y de Augustus Edwin John. El personaje M'Turk de la obra Stalky & Co escrita por Rudyard Kipling esta basado en Beresford, según cuenta en una autobiografía publicada en 1936 y titulada Schooldays with Kipling . Durante la primera guerra mundial donó gran cantidad de sus obras a la Cruz Roja. En 1943 la National Portrait Gallery compró parte de sus negativos y fotos a su antiguo secretario.
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  • George Charles Beresford was a Victorian studio photographer, originally from Drumlease, Dromahair, County Leitrim. He was the son of Henry Marcus Beresford (1835-1895) and Julia Ellen Maunsell (?-1923), and the third of five children . He was a descendant of Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone. Beresford was sent to Westward Ho! in 1877 and attended the United Services College.
  • George Charles Beresford war ein viktorianischer Studiofotograf.
  • George Charles Beresford fue un fotógrafo británico especializado en retrato durante la época victoriana. Fue el tercer hijo de Henry Marcus Beresford y Julia Ellen Maunsell, descendientes de Marcus Beresford, primer conde de Tyrone en 1746.
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