Complex sentence: Hick was an associate of Bolton engineer, artist and photographer Reuben Mitchell, and pursued his own interest in photography, he was also a supporter of the artists Copley Fielding and William Powell Frith.
Split into simpler sentences: Hick was an associate of Bolton engineer, artist and photographer Reuben Mitchell, and pursued his own interest in photography. John Hick was also a supporter of the artists Copley Fielding and William Powell Frith.