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Charles Nettleton b. c.1825

Artist (Photographer)

A professional photographer, he is generally regarded as the major photographic recorder of Melbourne's growth from settlement to great city. Working as the official photographer to the Victorian government and to the City of Melbourne Corporation, Nettleton's most famous photograph is a portrait of Ned Kelly taken the day before he was hanged.

Royal Commonwealth Society, London, England, UK
National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT

Website

https://www.nla.gov.au/
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, ACT
La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC

Description

Against the wall.Mixed media 1460mm x1160mm
Baillieu Library Special Collections, University of Melbourne, Vic.

Description

The Special Collections, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne, comprise some 200,000 rare or historic books, serials and pamphlets and literary archives.

The McArthur Bequest (1903) was the first substantial donation to the University Library, which has been followed by, among others, the Sir Russell Grimwade, Ian McLaren and Clern Christesen collections acquired in the 1970s.

Website

http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/special/
Ian Potter Museum of Art, the University of Melbourne, VIC

Website

http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/art_collection.aspx

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Charles Nettleton b. c.1825

Royal Commonwealth Society, London, England, UK

National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT

Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

Australian National Gallery, Canberra, ACT

La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC

Baillieu Library Special Collections, University of Melbourne, Vic.

Ian Potter Museum of Art, the University of Melbourne, VIC

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