Jabez William Small b. 1840

Also known as Jabez Smail, Jabez Smale, John Small
  • Artist (Photographer)
Photographer and photographic dealer Jabez Small exhibited English and foreign, coloured and plain photographs, and ran photographic studios in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide between 1870 and 1900. Jabez William Small was the brother of Thomas Stephen Small, who was also for a time a photographic dealer with George Wills Priston (who had married their sister Elizabeth).
Name
Jabez William Small
Also known as:
  • Jabez Smail
  • Jabez Smale
  • John Small (possible attribution)
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • Photographic dealer (ANZSIC code: 4279)
  • Builder (ANZSIC code: 30)
Birth date
1840
Birth place
Boston, Lincolnshire, UK
Active Period
  • 1866 - 1871
  • 1894 - 1897
  • 1893 - 1894
  • 1870 - 1900
  • c.1871 - c.1890
  • c.1866 - c.1894
Arrival
  • 1850 (Arrived in Melbourne aboard ship Anna Maria with his family)
Residence
  • 1863 Chapel Street, Prahran, Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1860 - c.1900 Melbourne, Vic.
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870