Walter Stoneman (1876–1958) was a British portrait photographer who took many photographs for the National Portrait Gallery in London.[1]
Stoneman worked as a photographer for J. Russell & Sons in Baker Street, London, from the age of 21. He advanced photographing prominent members of society and rose to the position of Managing Director by 1913. In 1917, he approached James Milner, the Director of the National Portrait Gallery, with the idea of developing a National Photographic Record, with the aim of photographing all eminent British people for the Gallery's collection. Stoneman photographed around 7,000 sitters for the Gallery over a 41 year period, adding around 100–200 new portraits annually.