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Elliott & Fry exhibition prints, 1863-1930


94 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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Richard Cobden, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x127422

Richard Cobden

by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1863
NPG x127422

Lady Augusta Rouse, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x127478

Lady Augusta Rouse

by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1869
NPG x127478

Joseph Parker, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x127473

Joseph Parker

by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1871
NPG x127473

Theodore Belfare and an unknown woman, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x127408

Theodore Belfare and an unknown woman

by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1872
NPG x127408

Wilkie Collins, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x127424

Wilkie Collins

by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1878
NPG x127424

'Brealey Group', by Elliott & Fry - NPG x127415

'Brealey Group'

by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1878
NPG x127415

Mrs Brealey, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x127414

Mrs Brealey

by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1878
NPG x127414

William Ewart Gladstone, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x127432

William Ewart Gladstone

by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 31 March 1879
NPG x127432

May Fortescue (née Finney), by Elliott & Fry - NPG x127430

May Fortescue (née Finney)

by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1879
NPG x127430

Joe Chamberlain, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x127419

Joe Chamberlain

by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1880
NPG x127419

Sir Richard Owen, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x127468

Sir Richard Owen

by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1880s
NPG x127468

Richard Wagner, by Chevalier Luigi Bernieri, for  Elliott & Fry - NPG x127492

Richard Wagner

by Chevalier Luigi Bernieri, for Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1881
NPG x127492

John Bright, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x127416

John Bright

by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1882
NPG x127416

Lily Harcourt, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x127439

Lily Harcourt

by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1883
NPG x127439

Mrs Jardine, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x127445

Mrs Jardine

by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1883
NPG x127445

Stephanus Johannes Paulus ('Paul') Kruger, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x127452

Stephanus Johannes Paulus ('Paul') Kruger

by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1883
NPG x127452