Charles Drinkwater b. c.1818

Also known as C. Drinkwater
  • Artist (Photographer)
Charles Drinkwater was a professional photographer. In 1868 he established C. Drinkwater's Chromo Gallery in Sydney. The person with the same name and surname who died at Watson Street, Wickham, near Newcastle in 1902, could be him, except that his daughter gave his occupation as 'labourer'.

Citations

  • 'NSW Death Records : 3611/1902’.

  • Davies, Alan and Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900’, Melbourne.

  • Information sourced from Davies, Alan.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870