Edward William Cole b. 4 January 1832

  • Artist (Photographer)
Professional photographer, bookseller and publisher, born in England. A resident of Victoria, he became famous for the showmanship of his promotion of his Book Arcade.

Citations

  • Cole, Edward William, 'Funny Picture Book’.

  • Turnley, E. Cole (1974), 'Cole of the Book Arcade’, Hawthorn, Victoria.

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

  • Newton, G. (1988), 'Shades of Light’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Information sourced from Callaway, Anita.

  • Turnley, E. Cole (c.1970), 'Edward William Cole’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vol. 3, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Victoria.

Initial data sources

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