Young boys play in Whitby harbour, 1886. This image was entitled The Water Rats and was part of Frank Meadow Sutcliffe's wider project of documenting the Yorkshire seaside town with which he became synonymous. Sutcliffe was a member of the Linked Ring, a society of photographers dedicated to promoting the medium as an art form in the late-Victorian period Illustration: Frank Meadow Sutcliffe/ Royal Photographic Society/ SSPL via Getty Images
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