Henry Albert Frith b.

  • Artist (Photographer)
Photographer and businessman. Started Frith and Co's studio in Tasmania with his brother. They provided a service that allowed enlargements of their photographs to be painted over by amateurs.
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Name
Henry Albert Frith
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • Co-proprietor of a photographic studio (ANZSIC code: 6991)
Birth date
Birth place
UK, UK?
Birth note
Place uncertain
Active Period
  • 1857 - 1867
Arrival
  • c.1855
Residence
  • c.1867 - c.1879 Dunedin, New Zealand
  • 1862 - 1867 Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land , Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
  • 1857 - 1867 Tasmania
Cultural Heritage
  • English
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Long, C., 'Tasmania - the first photographs'.>, <ExternalResource: Davies, Alan and Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Craig, C. (1964), 'Old Tasmanian Prints', Launceston, Tasmania.>, <ExternalResource: (1863), Hobart Town Advertiser, June 22.>, <ExternalResource: (1858), Launceston Examiner, January 09.>, <ExternalResource: (1867), Southern Cross, May 02.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.>] [<ExternalResource: Long, C., 'Tasmania - the first photographs'.>]