Fry Bequest of Portraits and Extra-Illustrated Volumes

The collection contains many extra-illustrated volumes dispersed throughout the Restricted Volumes section of Special Collections on a variety of subjects, as well as a number of categories of portraits of individuals.

These portraits consist of the following categories:

Theatrical: Actors and Actresses, Theatres, Theatrical Scenes. Theatrical: Actors and Actresses, Theatres, Theatrical Scenes. Monuments: Alphabetical order. Monuments: Alphabetical order. Views: Miscellaneous, London, Strawberry Hill. Views: Miscellaneous, London, Strawberry Hill. Kings and Queens: English, French, European, Worldwide. Kings and Queens: English, French, European, Worldwide. Artists: Alphabetic Order. Artists: Alphabetic Order. Criminals: Alphabetic Order. Criminals: Alphabetic Order. Mayors: Alphabetic Order. Mayors: Alphabetic Order. Popes: Alphabetic Order. Popes: Alphabetic Order. Quakers: Alphabetic Order. Quakers: Alphabetic Order. Napoleonic: Alphabetic Order. Napoleonic: Alphabetic Order. Coloured (portraits that are tinted, inked, watercoloured or otherwise coloured): People, Alphabetic Order. Coloured (portraits that are tinted, inked, watercoloured or otherwise coloured): People, Alphabetic Order. English - Images of individuals in English History, Literature, Science and Social Life (more properly could be called British, as it includes Scots, Welsh and Irish): Alphabetic Order, diverse subjects. English - Images of individuals in English History, Literature, Science and Social Life (more properly could be called British, as it includes Scots, Welsh and Irish): Alphabetic Order, diverse subjects. Foreign - Images of individuals in the history of countries that are not, by default, part of the British Isles: Alphabetic Order, diverse subjects.

The portrait images were extracted from book sources and collected in loose format by John Doyle Fry as a recreational activity. The extra-illustrated volumes were compiled by Albert Magnus Fry, John Doyle Fry and Priscilla A. Fry.

Accessible to all bona fide readers.

The collection was bequeathed to the University of Bristol by Miss E.B. Fry, the estate of Albert Magnus Fry, and Priscilla Fry.

Compiled by Martin Hall, Assistant Archivist, University of Bristol Information Services - Special Collections.

The portraits are in ordered and labelled drawers within their cabinets. No handlist exists for the collection.

Permission must be obtained from staff at University of Bristol Information Services - Special Collections.