Henry Herbert Clifford (1 May 1872 – 19 February 1949) was a New Zealand photographer. He ran a portrait photography studio in

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. His 1905 photograph of

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has been featured on the

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since 1991. A collection of his works is held by the Canterbury Museum.

Biography

Clifford was born in

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to Janet Clifford () and Robert Clifford, a photographer. His mother died in 1888. Clifford worked as a photographer in Dunedin and

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and then moved to

around 1900. He joined the firm of Standish & Preece. By 1903, he had opened his own studio and was Christchurch's leading portrait photographer. In around 1905, he took the photograph of

that has been featured on the

since 1991. On 24 July 1915, he married

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, and they had three sons. His oldest and youngest sons both died in their early 20s in 1940 in separate incidents; his oldest son, Robert, had been a Sergeant Pilot in the

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, and died after being accidentally struck by a lorry at

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. In 1925, Clifford won a certificate and a medal for exhibits at the

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at Wembley. After Clifford's death in 1949, his surviving son, Ogilvie Clifford, donated a collection of his photographs to the Canterbury Museum. Two of his photograph portraits are held by the

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in London. His photographs are also held by the

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and

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. He is buried at

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References

External links

Collection of photographs by Clifford
held by the Canterbury Museum {{DEFAULTSORT:Clifford, Henry Herbert 1872 births 1949 deaths Artists from Dunedin 19th-century New Zealand photographers Burials at Bromley Cemetery