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Francis Meadow (Frank) Sutcliffe (6 October 1853 – 31 May 1941) was an English pioneering photographic artist whose work presented an enduring record of life in the seaside town of Whitby, England, and surrounding areas, in the late Victorian era and early 20th century. His documentation of the Victorian and Edwardian periods in Whitby, led him to be labelled as the "pictorial Boswell of Whitby.
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Q939537
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Introduction
Sutcliffe took up photography in 1871. From 1872 to 1873 he photographed the castles and abbeys of Yorkshire, England for Francis Frith. In 1875, Sutcliffe opened a portrait studio in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. He specialized in commercial portraiture, but also photographed landscape views, port scenes, and genre scenes. Sutcliffe was a founding member of The Linked Ring, a group of pictorialist photographers based in London in 1892.
Nationalities
British, English
Gender
Male
Roles
Artist, Photographer
Names
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, Frank Sutcliffe, Frank M. Sutcliffe
Ulan
500031222
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