Sutcliffe Gallery - Australia: Fine 19th Century Photographs Gallery 2

	'Girls Skaning Mussels' Catalogue No.11: A truly outstanding photograph displaying Frank Sutcliffe's absolute mastery of the camera and the subjects. This image is brilliantly sharp. The natural grace of these hard-working people is subtly portrayed in this beautifully arranged group. Located at Tate Hill, an area on the East Side of Whitby, where many of Sutcliffe's genre groups were taken.The two seated girls opening mussels are Amelia Peart and Lizzie Alice Hawksfield. Available in small (114 x 152mm) and medium (210 x 276mm).

	'Free Education'; Catalogue No.12: Taken on the Fish Pier, Whitby. Whitby fisherman Robert Leadley gives an al fresco lesson to a bunch of children from the East Side community of which they were all part. His daughter Ann is on his right. Available in small (114 x 152mm) and medium (210 x 276mm).

	What did you say, my dear?; Catalogue No.13: Henrietta Street, Whitby is the setting for this group. This is the style of genre photography which made Frank Meadow Sutcliffe one of the world's foremost photographers during the nineteenth century. Available in small (114 x 152mm) and medium (210 x 276mm).

	Gathering Driftwood; Catalogue No.14: Shipwrecks were commonplace on this coast and provided much of the wood found on the beach. This was only one of the many arduous tasks done by fisher-lasses of the North Yorkshire coast during the nineteenth century. This photograph was taken on the Scaur, a beach composed of solid bed-rock. Available in small (114 x 152mm) and medium (210 x 276mm).

	Fisher Folk; Catalogue No.15: Not often did Frank Sutcliffe encourage his subjects to gaze into the lens, but when he did, it conveyed a sense of being amongst the group due to the eye contact with these honest, hardworking folk. A sharp image with great appeal. Isobel Batchelor with two fishermen. The two men are 'Cud' Colley and Jack Roberts. The setting; Tate Hill Beach in Whitby lower harbour circa 1898. The group is arranged around the fishing coble 'Lily'. Available in small (114 x 152mm) and medium (210 x 276mm).

	Umbrella Seller' Catalogue No.16 Taken in Strickland's Yard, The Cragg, Whitby. The old lady to the right of the umbrella seller is Mrs Esther Winspear who lost both of her brothers and father in the 1861 lifeboat disaster. The man in the doorway was John Hill, said to have been born about 1790. He was a bathing machine proprietor. One of Sutcliffe's earlier photographs, it was taken before he had fully acquired the ability to completely relax his subjects and it has about it a somewhat theatrical quality. Available in small (114 x 152mm) and medium (210 x 276mm).

	'Black and White' Catalogue No.17 A top favourite which conveys the photographer's subtle sense of humour along with his masterful control of the you, the viewer. It demands close inspection. Very good photograph. The present Sutcliffe Gallery is just a little way down Flowergate from where this photograph was taken. No longer do sweeps become quite so black as Bill Batchelor nor millers quite so white as George Hale! Available in small (114 x 152mm) and medium (210 x 276mm).

	'Jacks' Catalogue No.18 The group is outside David Storry's grocery shop at the foot of the 199 steps leading up to St. Mary's Parish Church, Whitby. Children playing what is known locally as 'jacks', a game played with a round stone or ball and five small stones. The ball was thrown in the air and the object of the game was to pick up the stones in succession before the ball hit the ground. Available in small (114 x 152mm) and medium (210 x 276mm).

	'Stern Reality' Catalogue No. 19 Together with the "Water Rats" this is probably one of Frank Meadow Sutcliffe's best known photographs. The boys are watching boats in the harbour below them. Available in small (114 x 152mm) and medium (210 x 276mm).

	'Sea Urchins' Catalogue No. 20 A group of boys on the beach at Staithes, a fishing village along the coast to the north west of Whitby. The rock may still be seen today, virtually unchanged from the 1880s when this photograph was taken. Available in small (114 x 152mm) and medium (210 x 276mm).