About Carl Vandyk
Lived 1851 – 1931 (aged 80). Carl Vandyk was a German photographer.
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, King George V as well as other notables such as Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Christian X of Denmark, Buffalo Bill and Enrico Caruso. From 1901 the studio moved to Buckingham Palace Road, London.
Biography 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. and Herman in West London from c.1881 until c.1904.
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Who was Carl Vandyk?
British photographer (1851–1931)
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Carl Vandyk was born on 17 January 1851 in Bunde.
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Carl Vandyk died on 18 November 1931 in London.
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Carl Vandyk was a photographer.
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Carl Vandyk was German.
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