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Elliott & Fry

(active 1863-1962), Photographers

Artist associated with 10998 portraits
The firm of Elliott & Fry was founded in 1863 by Joseph John Elliott (1835-1903) and Clarence Edmund Fry (1840-1897), who opened their first premises at 55 Baker Street where they stayed at until 1886. 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. The National Portrait Gallery owns all the surviving negatives.

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Thomas Woolner, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x5128

Thomas Woolner

by Elliott & Fry
albumen print, arched top, 1860s
NPG x5128

Robert Moffat, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x21365

Robert Moffat

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x21365

Samuel Morley, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x21411

Samuel Morley

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x21411

Samuel Morley, by Elliott & Fry - NPG Ax8569

Samuel Morley

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax8569

John Doran, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x28097

John Doran

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x28097

John Pyke Hullah, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x38975

John Pyke Hullah

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x38975

John Saul Howson, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x18657

John Saul Howson

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x18657

James Hain Friswell, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x28170

James Hain Friswell

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x28170

Henry Richard, by Elliott & Fry - NPG Ax8581

Henry Richard

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax8581

Sculptural bust of William Ewart Gladstone, by Elliott & Fry, after  Unknown sculptor - NPG Ax8536

Sculptural bust of William Ewart Gladstone

by Elliott & Fry, after Unknown sculptor
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax8536

Henry Edward Manning, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x132397

Henry Edward Manning

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x132397

John Stuart Blackie, by Elliott & Fry - NPG Ax39862

John Stuart Blackie

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax39862

Reverend Edmond, by Elliott & Fry - NPG Ax39906

Reverend Edmond

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax39906

John MacFarlane, by Elliott & Fry - NPG Ax39908

John MacFarlane

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax39908

Arthur Gray Butler, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x26088

Arthur Gray Butler

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x26088

Dame Millicent Fawcett, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x28148

Dame Millicent Fawcett

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG x28148

Thomas Carlyle, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x5659

Thomas Carlyle

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

Thomas Carlyle, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x3695

Thomas Carlyle

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG x3695

Sir Julius Benedict, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x45940

Sir Julius Benedict

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG x45940

Edward Miall, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x134601

Edward Miall

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134601

George Cruikshank, by Elliott & Fry - NPG Ax39831

George Cruikshank

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax39831

James Clarke Hook, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x197525

James Clarke Hook

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x197525

James Clarke Hook, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x197526

James Clarke Hook

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x197526

Kate Terry, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x197560

Kate Terry

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG x197560

Mark Lemon, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x197953

Mark Lemon

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x197953

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Beverley Mattocks Osborne

07 May 2022, 17:25

I have a photo of my grandfather, Robert Henry Mattocks, taken by Elliott and Fry, when my grandfather was President of the Town Planning Institute, 1941

Katherine Ross

05 May 2022, 13:37

I have an Elliott & Fry carte de visite that is not in this collection. Written in pencil on the back is the name Edith Millar.

Francisco Cayol

22 September 2020, 01:14

I have an original Elliott & Fly picture and it is not here.
He is perhaps Sir Charles Gavan Duffy.

Carol Bennett

02 October 2018, 13:07

On the 'various bishops and others' page above, Nos. 1411 to 15 are Christopher Wordsworth, Bishop of Lincoln from 1869 to 1885. He was the nephew of the poet William Wordsworth and he wrote the poet's first biography.