John Conrad Sommer b. 1 March 1828

Also known as Conrad Sommer
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Continental photographer, house painter and drawing teacher, who liked to keep up to date with the latest fashions in photography for commercial purposes.

Citations

  • Johnson, W.S. (1990), 'Nineteenth-Century Photography: An Annotated Bibliography 1839-1879’, Boston, Mass., USA.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

  • Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.

  • 'Cosmoramic Exhibition’ Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 23 April, 1886, p. 8.

    http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13636153

  • information sourced from Hansueli Sommer

Initial data sources

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