William Thomas Fry
(1789-1843), EngraverArtist associated with 62 portraits
Relatively little is known of the portrait and figure engraver William Thomas Fry. From 1824 until 1830, he exhibited with the Society of British Artists. He worked mainly in stipple, but also produced aquatints and lithographs. Between 1829 and 1835, Fry engraved eight portraits for the second edition of Edmund Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. He also contributed four plates to Fisher's National Portrait Gallery(1830-34) and eleven to Jones's National Gallery (1836). He was one of the first engravers to experiment with steel plates.
Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court
by William Thomas Fry, after William Hilton, after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, published 1817
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Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford
by William Thomas Fry, after John Jackson
stipple engraving, (August 1817)
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Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford
by William Thomas Fry, after John Jackson
stipple engraving, (August 1817)
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by William Thomas Fry, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after Charles Grignion, after Hugh Douglas Hamilton
stipple engraving, published 27 March 1817
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Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham
by William Thomas Fry, published by Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, and published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, after Robert William Satchwell, possibly after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
stipple engraving, published 1 June 1817
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Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban
by William Thomas Fry, published by Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, after Robert William Satchwell, after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, published 1 October 1817
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by William Thomas Fry, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after John Jackson
stipple engraving, published 14 January 1817 (circa 1815)
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by William Thomas Fry, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after Charles Grignion, after Hugh Douglas Hamilton
stipple engraving, published 27 March 1817
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by William Thomas Fry, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after William Evans, after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 1 February 1817 (circa 1785)
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Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford
by William Thomas Fry, after John Jackson
stipple engraving, (August 1817)
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Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales; Leopold I, King of the Belgians
by William Thomas Fry, published by and after George Dawe
stipple engraving, published 6 April 1818 (1817)
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by William Thomas Fry, published by Charles Turner, published by George Humphrey, after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, published 16 March 1818
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William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
by William Thomas Fry, published by Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, after William Hilton, after Daniel Mytens
stipple and line engraving, published 1 March 1819
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James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch
by William Thomas Fry, published by Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, after William Hilton, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
stipple and line engraving, published 1 December 1819
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William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
by William Thomas Fry, published by Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, after William Hilton, after Daniel Mytens
stipple and line engraving, published 1 March 1819
NPG D35257
James Prescott Warde in the character of Leon in 'Rule a Wife and have a Wife'
by and published by William Thomas Fry, published by and after T. Langdon
hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 21 September 1819
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James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch
by William Thomas Fry, published by Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, after William Hilton, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
stipple and line engraving, published 1 December 1819
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by and published by William Thomas Fry, published by and after T. Langdon
stipple engraving, published 21 September 1819
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Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby
by William Thomas Fry, published by Longman, Hurst & Co, published by Hurst, Robinson & Co, after Richard Banks Harraden
stipple engraving, published 2 August 1819
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by William Thomas Fry, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving, published 1820 (1813)
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