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

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.Russell Harris, ‘Vandyk, Carl (1851–1931)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oct 2006; online edn, Jan 200
accessed 16 Aug 2014
From 1901 the studio moved to Buckingham Palace Road, London.National Portrait Gallery
/ref> 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. Carl Vandyk owned three London hotels close to his studios: * The Rembrandt Hotel, Thurloe Place, London SW * The Rubens Hotel, Buckingham Palace Road, London SW * The Vandyke Hotel, Cromwell Road, London SW7 Carl had two brothers, Aaron Vandyke (1843–1892) and Herman Vandyke (a.k.a. Hyman) (a.k.a. Vandyck) (1838–1919) who were also in the photographic trade. Aaron had studios in Liverpool from c.1869 until c.1902 and Herman in West London from c.1881 until c.1904.PhotoLondon Database of 19th Century Photographers and Allied Trades in London 1841-190

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