C. Knight

  • Artist (Screen Artist),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
C. Knight was a painter in Hobart in the early 1840s and is assumed to be also the photographer and photographic showman of the same name who advertised a 'lime light' show of photographs at Hobart Town in 1854. This was one of Tasmania's earliest public lantern-slide shows known to have used photographs.
Name
C. Knight
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Screen Artist)
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Active Period
  • c.1840 - c.1869
Residence
  • c.1866 - c.1869 Perth, WA (possible attribution )
  • c.1840 - c.1854 Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tas.)
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870