John Wright

  • Artist (Photographer)
Professional photographer, worked at Sturt Street, Ballarat, Victoria, between 1865 and 1873. He exhibited an untitled 'picture' at the Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition in 1866, probably a painted photograph.

Citations

  • Thomson, J. (1869), 'Ballarat Directory 1865-1866’.

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

  • Information sourced from Davies, Alan.

Initial data sources

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