'The Promenade, Sandsend' Catalogue No.61:
This view has changed little over the years and is still easily recognizeable even today. One of Sutcliffe's earlier photographs, taken on a wet plate negative probably dating from around the mid 1870s. An exposure of a few seconds was likely, as evidenced by traces of movement amongst some of the figures.

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'Children in a Fruit Tree'; Catalogue No.62:
This photograph is of four of Frank Sutcliffe's children taken at Ewe Cote Hall where the family lived for a number of years. Kathy is on the ladder whilst Horace looks down from the tree. Irene is standing beside Evelyn who is holding the dog. Zoe, the youngest member of the family, is missing from this photograph. As late as 1935 Sutcliffe had bestowed on him the Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society, the highest photographic distinction which may be awarded in this country. He was a founder member of The Linked Ring and one of the pioneers of naturalistic photography.

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'The Gardener's Daughter'; Catalogue No.63:
One of Sutcliffe's earliest photographs, taken on a wet plate and probably dating from around the mid 1870s. The original negative which was used in the production of this print is in remarkably good condition. The location of this charming photograph was approximately four miles fromWhitby in the garden of an old cottage in the grounds of Mulgrave Castle, the home of the Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby.

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'November'; Catalogue No.64:
This evocative photograph is thought to have been taken along Eskdaleside, a country lane about four miles south west of Whitby. When Kodak introduced the rollfilm camera around 1900 they provided Sutcliffe with their equipment and materials. In return Kodak were able to use for publicity photographs resulting from the arrangement. This photograph was produced from an early half plate glass negative which in turn was a copy made by Sutcliffe from one of these Kodak rollfilm negatives.

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'Bay Bank, Robin Hood's Bay' Catalogue No.66
Although the muddy road surface has long been replaced by smooth tarmacadam, the steep gradient is still a challenge to both pedestrians and motor vehicles. Extract from 'Photography Notes' by F.M. Sutcliffe . . . 'Once I developed a plate for an amateur which he said was an instantaneous picture of a flock of sheep going up Bay bank. When the plate came to be fixed, there was Bay bank, very fully exposed, but not the ghost of a sheep could be seen; there was a kind of dusty haze all over the road, that was all there was to be seen of them. I was called all manner of names for having spoilt such a beautiful picture in the developing, but how the owner of it thought I had been able to obliterate the sheep he did not say.'

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'Whitby Abbey' Catalogue No.67
The ancient ruins of the Abbey dominate the East Cliff and have long been used as a landmark by seamen. This has been a religious site since 656 A.D. when King Oswy of Northumberland founded St. Hilda's Saxon monastery. The early building was destroyed by Vikings and was refounded in 1077. 2000 saw the 460th anniversary of the Abbey's dissolution. Caedmon, the first English poet lived and worked here as a cowherd. Perhaps this thought did not escape Frank Sutcliffe as he took this photograph.

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and LARGE (300 x 400mm; 12" x 16").

'Belle Island, Whitby' Catalogue No.68
A Whitby 'cat' aground near Belle Island in the upper harbour. A 'cat' was a boat with a flat keel designed for loading and unloading cargo, very often coal, from the beach. The 'Endeavour', the first ship used by Captain James Cook on his voyages of discovery, was also a Whitby built 'cat'. He chose this kind of vessel because its flat bottomed keel was large enough to hold all the stores for a long voyage and at the same time small enough to be steered through unknown passages and shallow waters.

Available in small (114 x 152mm) and medium (210 x 276mm).
and LARGE (300 x 400mm; 12" x 16").

'Evening over the Bay' Catalogue No. 69
The young girl was probably one of Sutcliffe's daughters looking out over Sandsend Bay towards Kettleness below a sunset sky. Even in this tranquil image the practicalities of everyday life intrude. The low wooden rail on which the girl's foot is resting was a rubbing strip along which a rope could slide when a becalmed boat was being manually towed up the harbour.

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and LARGE (300 x 400mm; 12" x 16").

'The Flag of Distress' Catalogue No. 70
Here we have a very dramatic photograph which never fails to attract attention.
The brig 'Mary and Agnes' being pounded ashore by the storm off Whitby beach on 24th October 1885 whilst sailing from London to Newcastle with a cargo of scrap iron, under her master, Thomas Pearson. Michael Hiley, in his book 'Frank Sutcliffe, Photographer of Whitby', recounts how Sutcliffe enlisted the assistance of a big heavy soldier, an artillery man, who was on the beach at the time, to curl up under the tripod and steady the two legs which were catching most of the gale.

Available in small (114 x 152mm) and medium (210 x 276mm).
and LARGE (300 x 400mm; 12" x 16").