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Francis Frith (also spelled Frances Frith, 7 October 1822 – 25 February 1898) was an English photographer and businessman. [1] Francis Frith & Co., the company he founded in 1860 with the initial goal of photographing every town and village in England, quickly became the largest photographic publishers in the world and eventually amassed a collection of 330,000 negatives covering over 7,000 ...
In 1856 Negretti and Zambra sponsored a photographic expedition to Egypt, Nubia and Ethiopia conducted by Francis Frith. More than 500 stereographs of Frith's voyage were produced by the firm between 1857 and 1860. Negretti and Zambra personally photographed Shakespeare's House, Stratford-upon-Avon. A sepia photograph was then pasted onto card ...
Early architectural photographers include Roger Fenton, Francis Frith (Middle East and Britain), Samuel Bourne, Inclined Studio (India) and Albert Levy (United States and Europe). They paved the way for the modern speciality of architectural photography .
Doug Frith (1945–2009), Canadian politician; Francis Frith (1822–1898), British photographer; Fred Frith (b.1949), British musician; Freddie Frith (1909–1988), British Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion; Harold James Frith (1921–1982), Australian ornithologist; Heather Frith (b.1967), Bermudian singer-songwriter and poet ...
A Elisabeth Abegg (1882–1974), German educator who rescued Jews during the Holocaust Damon Albarn (b. 1968), English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer Harry Albright (living), Swiss-born Canadian former editor of The Friend, Communications Consultant for FWCC Thomas Aldham (c. 1616–1660), English Quaker instrumental in setting up the first meeting in the Doncaster area Horace ...
Francis Frith (1822–1898) Alternative names: Frances Frith; F. Frith. Description: British photographer: Date of birth/death: 7 October 1822 : 25 February 1898 :
Supercrooks #1–4 (scripted by Millar from a plot by Millar and Nacho Vigalondo, art by Leinil Francis Yu, 2012) collected as Supercrooks: The Heist (hc, 128 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6610-6; tpb, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6544-4) A sequel entitled Supercrooks: The Bounty Hunter was announced for 2017, along with the sequel for American Jesus. [199]
Sergeant presented Britain's First Photo Album about the pioneering photography of Francis Frith. It aired 12–23 March 2012 on BBC Two. Frith travelled through Britain in Victorian times capturing life in photographic form; many of his pictures were subsequently sold as picture postcards. [10]