Henry Albert Frith b.

  • Artist (Photographer)
Photographer and businessman. Started Frith and Co's studio in Tasmania with his brother. They provided a service that allowed enlargements of their photographs to be painted over by amateurs.

Citations

  • Long, C., 'Tasmania – the first photographs’.

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

  • Craig, C. (1964), 'Old Tasmanian Prints’, Launceston, Tasmania.

  • (1863), Hobart Town Advertiser, June 22.

  • (1858), Launceston Examiner, January 09.

  • (1867), Southern Cross, May 02.

  • Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.

Initial data sources

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