Peter Wickens Fry
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Peter Wickens Fry (1795 – 27 August 1860) was a pioneering English amateur photographer, although professionally he was a London solicitor. In the early 1850s, Fry worked with Frederick Scott Archer, assisting him in the early experiments of the wet collodion process. He was also active in helping Roger Fenton to set up the Royal Photographic Society in 1853. Several of his photographs are in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
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Born | Peter Wickens Fry 1795 |
Died | 29 August 1860 (aged 64–65) |
Nationality | English |
Occupation(s) | Photographer and solicitor |
Years active | 1841–60 The photo is from the personal album of Jane Martha St. John. |
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