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Carl Vandyk (17 January 1851 – 18 November 1931) was a successful London photographer born in Bunde, Germany. From 1882 he owned a studio at Gloucester Road taking images of the British Royal Family including
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From 1901 the studio moved to Buckingham Palace Road, London.National Portrait Gallery
/ref> Carl became a British citizen on 4 February 1886. Carl's son Herbert Vandyk (1879–1943) took over the family business in 1913 after studying in London, Berlin and Paris and went on to accumulate 22 Royal Warrants. Carl Vandyk owned three London hotels close to his studios: * The Rembrandt Hotel, Thurloe Place, London SW * The Rubens Hotel, Buckingham Palace Road, London SW * The Vandyke Hotel, Cromwell Road, London SW7 Carl had two brothers, Aaron Vandyke (1843–1892) and Herman Vandyke (a.k.a. Hyman) (a.k.a. Vandyck) (1838–1919) who were also in the photographic trade. Aaron had studios in Liverpool from c.1869 until c.1902 and Herman in West London from c.1881 until c.1904.PhotoLondon Database of 19th Century Photographers and Allied Trades in London 1841-190
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Carl Vandyk (17 January 1851 – 18 November 1931) was a successful London photographer born in Bunde, Germany. From 1882 he owned a studio at Gloucester Road taking images of the British Royal Family including Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previo ...
, King George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.
Born during the reign of his grandmother Qu ...
as well as other notables such as Alexander I of Yugoslavia
Alexander I ( sr-Cyrl, Александар I Карађорђевић, Aleksandar I Karađorđević, ) ( – 9 October 1934), also known as Alexander the Unifier, was the prince regent of the Kingdom of Serbia from 1914 and later the King of Yu ...
, Christian X of Denmark
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, Buffalo Bill and Enrico Caruso.Russell Harris, ‘Vandyk, Carl (1851–1931)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oct 2006; online edn, Jan 200accessed 16 Aug 2014
From 1901 the studio moved to Buckingham Palace Road, London.National Portrait Gallery
/ref> Carl became a British citizen on 4 February 1886. Carl's son Herbert Vandyk (1879–1943) took over the family business in 1913 after studying in London, Berlin and Paris and went on to accumulate 22 Royal Warrants. Carl Vandyk owned three London hotels close to his studios: * The Rembrandt Hotel, Thurloe Place, London SW * The Rubens Hotel, Buckingham Palace Road, London SW * The Vandyke Hotel, Cromwell Road, London SW7 Carl had two brothers, Aaron Vandyke (1843–1892) and Herman Vandyke (a.k.a. Hyman) (a.k.a. Vandyck) (1838–1919) who were also in the photographic trade. Aaron had studios in Liverpool from c.1869 until c.1902 and Herman in West London from c.1881 until c.1904.PhotoLondon Database of 19th Century Photographers and Allied Trades in London 1841-190
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