Frank Meadow Sutcliffe
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Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, born at Headingley, Leeds in 1853, set up his own professional photographic studio in a disused workshop along Waterloo Yard, Whitby in 1875 and eventually established himself in more suitable premises in Skinner Street, Whitby. Frank Meadow Sutcliffe is Whitby's most famous artist and he remained working there until his death at the age of 88 in 1941.
He became a pioneer in his chosen art form, photography.