William Vick

William Vick (1833, Ebley – 15 April 1911, Merton)[1] was an English photographer active in Ipswich, Suffolk from 1868 until the 1890s.

[2][1] William was baptised in King's Stanley, Gloucestershire on 25 August 1833.

His first marriage was to Joyce Webb in 1858 and his initial career was as a teacher in Cainscross, Gloucestershire.

[1] Cobb had been the photographic assistant to Richard Dykes Alexander, the prominent banker and pioneer photographer who had lived across the road from Cobb at Alexander House until his death in 1865.

When he retired in 1899 he sold his stock of about 10,000 glass plate negatives which were purchased by public subscription and placed in Ipswich Museum.