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.
by William Thomas Fry, after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, mid 19th century
NPG D13210
by William Thomas Fry, after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, published 1821
NPG D32305
by William Thomas Fry, after R. Hudson
stipple engraving, published 1821
NPG D13211
by William Thomas Fry, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving, published 1822
NPG D7883
by William Thomas Fry, published by William Smith, after John Jackson
stipple engraving, published March 1823
NPG D35851
by William Thomas Fry, published by William Smith, after John Jackson
stipple engraving, published March 1823
NPG D35852
by William Thomas Fry, published by B.J. Holdsworth, after Thomas Charles Wageman
stipple and line engraving, published 1824
NPG D42502
by William Thomas Fry
stipple engraving, published 1825
NPG D33304
by William Thomas Fry, published by Sherwood, Jones & Co, after Thomas Charles Wageman
engraving, published 1825
NPG D38603
by William Thomas Fry, published by Sherwood & Co, probably after Thomas Charles Wageman
engraving, published 1825
NPG D38605
by William Thomas Fry, published by Mrs Scott, after John Jackson
stipple engraving, published January 1826 (1823)
NPG D40588
by William Thomas Fry, published by Mrs Scott, after John Jackson
stipple engraving, published January 1826 (1823)
NPG D40589
by William Thomas Fry, published by Sherwood & Co, probably after Thomas Charles Wageman
engraving, published 1826
NPG D38604
by William Thomas Fry, published by B.J. Holdsworth, after Thomas Charles Wageman
stipple engraving, published 1826
NPG D42505
by William Thomas Fry, after John Jackson
stipple engraving, 1827-1828
NPG D47370
by William Thomas Fry, published by Harding & Lepard, after William Derby, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
stipple engraving, published 1 January 1829 (1720)
NPG D38740
Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough
by William Thomas Fry, published by Harding & Lepard, after William Derby, after Michael Dahl
stipple engraving, published 1 January 1829 (1708)
NPG D40168
by William Thomas Fry, after J. Buchanan
stipple and line engraving, published 1832
NPG D5980
by William Thomas Fry, published by Harding & Lepard, after Hans Holbein the Younger
stipple engraving, published 1 December 1836
NPG D14929
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by William Thomas Fry, published by Fisher Son & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving, published 1847
NPG D41902
Comments back to top
We are currently unable to accept new comments, but any past comments are available to read below.
If you need information from us, please use our Archive enquiry service . Please note that we cannot provide valuations. You can buy a print or greeting card of most illustrated portraits. Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. Prices start at around £6 for unframed prints, £16 for framed prints. If you wish to license an image, select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Use this image button, or contact our Rights and Images service. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled.