John Sharkey

Also known as John Sharkie
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Photographer)
Government photographer and printer, John Sharkey invented his own form of photolithography. In 1869 he was appointed manager of the Government Printing Office's photolithographic branch.

Citations

  • 'NSW Death Records : 15277/1898’.

  • 'NSW Marriage Records : 1231/1871’.

  • 'NSW Birth Records : 3036/1872; 4398/1874; 4669/1876; 5149/1878; 6018/1880; 7582/1883; 9041/1885’.

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

  • Newton, G. (1988), 'Shades of Light’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Willis, A.-M. (1988), 'Picturing Australia: A History of Photography’, Sydney, New South Wales.

  • [Annual Report] Government Observatory 1874, 1875, p.6.

  • Information sourced from Kerr, James Semple.

Initial data sources

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