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Elliott & Fry cabinet cards


251 Portraits in set

The firm of Elliott and Fry, founded in 1863 was one of the most important in the history of studio portraiture in London. Opened by Joseph John Elliott (1835-1903) and Clarence Edmund Fry (1840-1897) their first premises were a series of studios at 55 Baker Street. In 1922 new premises were opened at 63 Baker Street where they remained until 1963. The firm employed a variety of operators who took the photographs including Francis Henry Hart and Alfred James Philpott in the Edwardian era, Herbert Lambert and Walter Benington in the 1920s and 1930s and subsequently William Flowers. In the early 1940s the studio was bombed and most of the early negatives were destroyed. Shortly after the firm's Centenary in 1963 it was taken over by and amalgamated with Bassano & Vandyk.

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Thomas Carlyle, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x5659

Thomas Carlyle

by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1860s
NPG x5659

Thomas Carlyle, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x129584

Thomas Carlyle

by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1865
NPG x129584

Charles Kingsley, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x29176

Charles Kingsley

by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, mid-late 1870s (circa 1866)
NPG x29176

John Ruskin, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x35909

John Ruskin

by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, (1867)
NPG x35909

Alfred, Lord Tennyson, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x12996

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, late 1860s
NPG x12996

Sir John Tenniel, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x6399

Sir John Tenniel

by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, late 1860s-early 1870s
NPG x6399

Linley Sambourne, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x22345

Linley Sambourne

by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1870s
NPG x22345

John Thomas, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x33533

John Thomas

by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1870s
NPG x33533

John Thomas, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x33532

John Thomas

by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1870s
NPG x33532

Mandell Creighton, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x22243

Mandell Creighton

by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1870s-1880s
NPG x22243

Samuel Morley, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x4969

Samuel Morley

by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1870s-mid 1880s
NPG x4969

Samuel Morley, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x4970

Samuel Morley

by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1870s-mid 1880s
NPG x4970

Samuel Morley, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x76207

Samuel Morley

by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1870s-mid 1880s
NPG x76207