A bare-shouldered portrait of a young woman by Ralph Winwood Robinson.

Ralph W. Robinson: 1862-1942

Photographer. Like his father, photographer Henry Peach Robinson, Ralph (Winwood) Robinson was a member of the Linked Ring. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and a member of the Professional Photographers’ Association. Ralph Robinson first worked with his father in the family studio at Tunbridge Wells. Although still practising under the name H.P. Robinson and Son, he later moved to Redhill, Surrey (c.1888) , setting up the Rembrandt Studio where he became well known for portrait photography. A further studio was opened in Guildford, Surrey which was managed by Robinson’s daughter Margaret Winwood Robinson until 1946. -Biography: Royal Academy of Arts, London (2024)

The Linked Ring

Ralph W. Robinson was a founder member, elected 27 February, 1892. His Pseudonym was Janitor; and was a Centre Link for periods during 1893, 1896, 1902. He became a severed Link in 1908-09. (1.)

1. The Linked Ring:The Secession in Photography 1892-1910, Margaret Harker: 1979, p. 185