16 Facts About Frederick Frith

Frederick Frith began his career in England but later moved to Australia where he lived in Hobart and Melbourne.

Frederick Frith was from an English family consisting of painters and silhouettists.

Frederick Frith's parents were John Frith and Letitia nee Gardiner, he had a younger brother, Henry Albert and a younger sister, Letitia.

Frederick Frith studied and practiced painting in London, Brighton, Ireland and Scotland.

Frederick Frith exhibited his artwork in Melbourne in 1854 which consisted mainly of his watercolour and oil paintings.

Sharp and Frith produced the first paper panorama taken in Australia; a five-part, near-metre long panoramic view of Hobart, using the collodion or wet-plate process.

In 1855 Frederick Frith brought a civil suit against a Hobart Town merchant, Samuel Moses.

Frederick Frith painted Samuel and his family but Samuel refused to pay him arguing they were overpriced and lacked effort and passion that he believed Frederick Frith should have shown.

Frederick Frith began his own studio, working less on paintings and focusing more on photography as well as making large format views of Hobart and surrounds.

Later in 1858, Frederick Frith presented two panoramas both taken in Hobart.

In 1858 the Frederick Frith brothers opened a second studio located at Launceston.

Frederick Frith's artworks were very popular, but they were quite over priced which led to more court cases.

Frederick Frith showcased his Death of a Stag piece in the Hobart Town Art Treasures Exhibition which earned him more profit and proved it was one of his most famous pieces.

Around 1866 Frederick Frith produced this 'double portrait' to advertise his technical skill.

Frederick Frith could have used either an opaque screen between two exposures or a masking plate holder.

Frederick Frith will be remembered for his unique style of achieving shots that seemed very difficult to most other photographers.