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A. Hugh (Alfred Hugh) Fisher
1867–1945
An artist, traveler, and writer with a sharp eye for place, he turned years of study and work across the British Empire into books and images full of detail. His work moved easily between art, photography, and nonfiction, giving readers a vivid sense of architecture, landscape, and daily life.
2 Audiobooks
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
by A. Hugh (Alfred Hugh) Fisher
Through India and Burmah with pen and brush
by A. Hugh (Alfred Hugh) Fisher
About the author
Born in London in 1867, Alfred Hugh Fisher was a British painter, etcher, photographer, and writer. He studied at the City of London School and University College, spent about nine years working in a city office, and then left business for art training at Lambeth, South Kensington, and in Paris under Jean-Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant.
Fisher became known not only for his art but also for the way he combined visual and written work. He was chosen by the Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee in 1907 to travel and create photographs and illustrations for educational lectures about the British Empire. That work took him widely abroad and helped shape the observant, descriptive style seen in his books.
As an author, he is especially associated with travel, architecture, and place-writing, including works such as The Cathedral Church of Hereford. His career reflects an unusual mix of careful draftsmanship, documentary interest, and literary skill. He died in London in 1945.