Alfred Pickering b. 1 October 1835

  • Artist (Photographer)
Professional photographer, taught by brother Charles Percy Pickering. A travelling photographer specialised in photographing tombstones in rural NSW, 1870s-1880s. He is said to have photographed the earliest-known extant panorama of Queanbeyan c 1874-76.
Name
Alfred Pickering
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Birth date
1 October 1835
Birth place
Sproatley, York, England
Birth note
son of John David Pickering
Death date
23 May 1935
Death place
Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW
Death note
Burial Rookwood General Cemetery Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales, Australia Show Map GPS-Latitude: -33.8695100, Longitude: 151.0603004 Plot Zone C Anglican Section 7 Grave 2858y
Active Period
  • c.1866 - c.1900-1909
Residence
  • 1863 - 1925 New South Wales
  • Richmond, Sydney, NSW
  • Windsor, Sydney, NSW
  • Fremantle, Perth, WA ( It is possible the Pickering in Perth was not Alfred)
  • c.1900 Perth, WA
  • c.1880 263 Camberwell Road, Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1874 Crawford Street, Queanbeyan, NSW
  • c.1868 - c.1880 Sydney, NSW
  • 1866 - 1871 Sydney, NSW
Training
  • 1866 - 1871 Brickfield Hill, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870