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Autograph request

Lettercard sent by Bray to (Cigarette card featuring W.P. Frith) on 8th March 1902 requesting his autograph.

William Powell Frith RA (9 January 1819 2 November 1909) was an English painter specialising in genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of life in the Victorian era. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1853, presenting The Sleeping Model as his Diploma work. He has been described as the "greatest British painter of the social scene since Hogarth".

Curios and Autographs
Autograph Postcard Types
Where he lived
Some photographs
Scrapbook
Cigarette Cards
Cartoon by Michael Leigh