Frank Meadow Sutcliffe
British Photographer · 1853–1941
34 works on LinkedCulture
"The essence of art is to conceal art," wrote Frank Meadows Sutcliffe. The son of Thomas Sutcliffe, a well-regarded painter who disdained photography as an art form, Sutcliffe had aspired to become a painter but switched to photography upon his father's death. He originally opened a studio in Tunbridge Wells, then returned to his native Whitby in 1876. There he ran a commercial portrait studio, ph
Works
View as IIIF ↗Among the Turnips
Getty Museum · about 1885
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![[Coffee House Corner, Whitby]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F784b9549-0d5c-45b4-9900-2059f1843087%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Coffee House Corner, Whitby]
Getty Museum · 1880–1900
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![[Docks at Whitby]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F89cb88dc-6436-49aa-8323-7a7cbdc0a0b2%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Docks at Whitby]
Getty Museum · 1910
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[Docks of Whitby]
Getty Museum · 1910
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Excitement
Getty Museum · about 1891
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[Field with trees]
Getty Museum · 1880–1900
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[Flooded street]
Getty Museum · 1890–1900
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[Girl sitting by fishing baskets]
Getty Museum · negative about 1880s
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[Hillside looking over city]
Getty Museum · 1880–1900
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[Interior of a church]
Getty Museum · 1880–1900
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La Fille du Pecheur (The Fisherman's Daughter)
Getty Museum · about 1900
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![[Lealholm]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fea17421a-b4c6-4a19-99cd-340eccfc7436%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Lealholm]
Getty Museum · negative 1880
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![[Man reading in library]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F123214d6-f311-4284-8713-3d074f862d41%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Man reading in library]
Getty Museum · June 5, 1886
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Natives
Getty Museum · 1895
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![[Old man and two girls]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F1586d51f-ea07-4e0e-a606-f57027967dae%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Old man and two girls]
Getty Museum · 1880–1900
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[Port of Whitby]
Getty Museum · 1880–1900
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Quo Vadis
Getty Museum · about 1895
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Saturday Afternoon
Getty Museum · about 1889
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Sunshine and Shower
Getty Museum · 1891
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The Dock End, Whitby
Getty Museum · 1880
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![[Waterfront street]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fc7578c59-42c1-41d7-8e0a-65324c469e53%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Waterfront street]
Getty Museum · 1880–1890
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[Water Rats]
Getty Museum · 1886
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Water Rats
Getty Museum · 1886
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Whitby
Getty Museum · negative 1880
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Whitby
Getty Museum · negative 1880
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Whitby Abbey
Getty Museum · negative 1880
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Whitby Fishermen
Getty Museum · negative 1880
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[Whitby Fishermen on the pier fence]
Getty Museum · 1880–1890
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[Whitby harbor]
Getty Museum · 1880–1900
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[Whitby Harbor, The Dock End 1880]
Getty Museum · 1880
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Whitby Harbour
Getty Museum · negative 1880
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Whitby Harbour
Getty Museum · negative 1880
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![[Whitby, Ingathering]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fdeda2627-b25e-44e4-8ffa-dfb6bbca18d1%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Whitby, Ingathering]
Getty Museum · negative 1880
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[Woman and child stand in front of a house]
Getty Museum · negative 1880s
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