Wallace Nutting (November 17, 1861 – July 19, 1941) was an American minister, photographer, artist, and antiquarian, who is most famous for his landscape photos of New England.

He was born in Rock Bottom, Massachusetts (a village straddling Stow and Hudson), on Sunday, November 17, 1861, the second child of Albion and Elizabeth Nutting.

[3] The family was descended from John Nutting, who came from England in 1639 and was killed by Indians during a raid against Groton, Massachusetts.

[2] Nutting began his career as a Congregational minister in several towns including Minneapolis, Seattle, and Providence[3] and Fryeburg, Maine,[2] but he was forced to retire at age 43 because of poor health.

[3] While in Providence, he read scripture at the funeral for Gorham Manufacturing Company Superintendent Charles Henry Baker at the Central Congregational Church.

His catalog included pastoral scenes such as views of abbeys, cathedrals, bridges, mountains, flowers, and winding roads.

[3] Nutting authored several books about the scenic beauties of New England, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.

[3] Wallace Nutting died at his home at 24 Vernon St., Framingham, Massachusetts on Saturday, July 19, 1941, at age 79.