John Henry Pein

  • Artist (Photographer)
John Henry Pein was a professional photographer. In 1856 he worked in Sydney. Pein was at Hoboken, New Jersey (USA) in 1859, where he was reported to be applying photographs to vases and other objects.

Citations

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

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

Initial data sources

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