professional photographer, was at Melbourne in 1853-58. In 1854, in partnership with O. Livezey , he showed daguerreotype portraits and landscapes at the Melbourne Exhibition which they had produced at their studio, the Head Prize Daguerrean Gallery, 107 Elizabeth Street. Alexander alone advertised the following year that he was 'putting up those sweet little Remembrances in Preservers, to send home by the Essex and Boomerang '.
Alexander made a brief visit to Wellington, New Zealand, in 1856. Reporting a local fire in April, the New Zealand Spectator & Cook’s Strait Guardian noted 'Mr Alexander, the daguerreotype artist, who, though only a temporary sojourner amongst us, was not only amongst the foremost in his exertions, but was most useful in his practical suggestions for rendering the means at command most available’. In the same paper a few weeks later Alexander thanked the citizens of Wellington 'for the very liberal patronage he has received during his short stay’ and informed them that this was his last week: 'Those intending to get pictures must call during the fore part of the week, as he has enough engagements for the last two or three days’. He continued to advertise until 4 June, then returned to Melbourne.
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