James Guy b. c.1832

Also known as J. W. Guy, James Guy, James Waln Guy
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
James Guy was a painter, scene-painter and professional photographer. He came to Sydney about 1856. In 1858 with his brother John he opened a photographic gallery in Sydney.

Citations

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

  • (c.1857), 'An Illustrated Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the Ship Dunbar, together with a List of Passengers and Crew, as far as Ascertained to the Latest Moment’, Sydney n.d. (c.1857).

  • Month 2/6.

  • (11 December 1858), Spectator.

  • 'Sydney Mechanics Institute Reports’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, ms A4150.

  • Information sourced from Callaway, Anita.

  • Information sourced from Chapman, W.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.

  • Information sourced from Bruce, C.

Initial data sources

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