Donald McDonald

Also known as Donald Macdonald
  • Artist (Photographer)
McDonald exhibited his photographs in several exhibitions, including the London International Exhibition, and worked as a professional photographer in Melbourne. One of his stand-out pictures is of a 90 foot whale skeleton he found on a beach in 1867.

Citations

  • (June 1989), 'Masterpieces of Australian Photography’, Josef Lebovic Gallery catalogue, Paddington, NSW, .

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

  • Information sourced from Thomson, J.

Initial data sources

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