[1] In June 1897, he was the only one of fourteen photographers working for J. Russell & Sons who succeeded in taking four pictures of Queen Victoria in her golden state landau on the occasion of her diamond jubilee.

[1] Working for J. Russell & Sons, he took numerous photographs of royalty, aristocracy, members of high society and other prominent individuals.

[2][3] In 1961, Walter Bird purchased Russell & Sons and became its leading photographer; he sold the company to Godfrey Argent in 1967.

[2] The project focussed on political and military figures, and sitters included five monarchs, nine prime ministers, twelve lord chancellors, eighty admirals and one hundred generals.

However, parts of the collection were occasionally exhibited to the public, for example at the Royal Photographic Society in 1922[5] and 1924, at the studios of J. Russell & Sons in Baker Street in 1931, and at Foyles Art Gallery in 1943.