Henry Button b. 22 March 1829

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Colonial photographer connected to the artist John Glover through his wife, he published two albums containing some reproductions of his photographs, Memories of Fifty Years of Courtship and Wedded Life and Flotsam and Jetsam. As a proprietor of the newspaper Launceston Examiner he was also active in the field of sciences and mechanics in his community.

Citations

  • Horner, J. (1976), 'Henry Button’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vol 3, Melbourne 1966-1976.

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

  • Button, H. (1899), 'Memories of Fifty Years of Courtship and Wedded Life’, Launceston.

  • Craig, C. (1984), 'More Old Tasmanian Prints’, Launceston.

  • Information sourced from Long, Chris.

  • Button, H. (1909), 'Flotsam and Jetsam’, Launceston n.d.

Initial data sources

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