William Thomas Fry (1789–1843) was a British engraver. He occasionally exhibited his engravings at the

Suffolk Street The Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) is a British art body established in 1823 as the Society of British Artists, as an alternative to the Royal Academy. History The RBA commenced with twenty-seven members, and took until 1876 to reach fi ...

exhibition.

Works

Fry worked chiefly in

stipple Stippling is the creation of a pattern simulating varying degrees of solidity or shading by using small dots. Such a pattern may occur in nature and these effects are frequently emulated by artists. Art In printmaking, stipple engraving is ...

. He engraved four portraits for Fisher, Son, & Co.'s ''National Portrait Gallery'': *Princess Charlotte, and the Earl of Liverpool, after Sir T. Lawrence; *Admiral Earl Howe, after

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; and * the Rev. Samuel Lee, after Richard Evans. He also engraved portraits, after J. Jackson, R.A., including

Robert Hills Robert Hills (26 June 1769 – 14 May 1844) was an English painter and etcher. Hills was born in Islington. He initially studied under John Alexander Gresse, then enrolled at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1788. He primarily painted rural scene ...

, the animal painter,

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the engraver, and others. For Jones's ''National Gallery'' he executed eleven engravings.

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* , an engraving of a painting by

Edward Francis Burney Edward Francis Burney (1760–1848) was an English artist. His middle name is sometimes given as "Francisco" or "Francesco". Life Burney was born in Worcester on 7 September 1760, the son of Richard Burney and Elizabeth Humphries. The musicolo ...

with poetical illustration by

Letitia Elizabeth Landon Letitia Elizabeth Landon (14 August 1802 – 15 October 1838) was an English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L.E.L. The writings of Landon are transitional between Romanticism and the Victorian Age. Her first major breakthrough ...

published in the Forget Me Not annual for 1824. * , an engraving of a painting by

Pierre-Nolasque Bergeret Pierre-Nolasque Bergeret (30 January 1782, Bordeaux – 21 February 1863, Paris) was a French painter, pioneer lithographer and designer of medals and costumes for the stage, who studied with Jacques-Louis David. He was born in Bordeaux, where ...

, with poetical accompaniment by

for Friendship's Offering annual for 1826. * , engraving of an image drawn by

Henry Corbould Henry Corbould (1787–1844) was an English artist. Life The third son of Richard Corbould, he was born in London. He studied painting with his father, and was at an early age admitted as a student of the Royal Academy, under Fuseli, where he ...

of Chantrey's sculpture and accompanied by

Felicia Hemans Felicia Dorothea Hemans (25 September 1793 – 16 May 1835) was an English poet (who identified as Welsh by adoption). Two of her opening lines, "The boy stood on the burning deck" and "The stately homes of England", have acquired classic statu ...

's poem, ''The Child's Last Sleep'', for the Friendship's Offering annual for 1826. * , engraving of

Thomas Lawrence Sir Thomas Lawrence (13 April 1769 – 7 January 1830) was an English portrait painter and the fourth president of the Royal Academy. A child prodigy, he was born in Bristol and began drawing in Devizes, where his father was an innkeeper at t ...

's portrait for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1833 with a poetical illustration by

References

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