Joseph H. Soden b. 1840

  • Artist (Photographer)
Professional photographer, arriving from London in Melbourne 1853. In a scandalous series of events, Soden was accused of forging pound notes and served out his conviction in Pentridge Prison in the same year that his photographs were exhibited at the Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition.

Citations

  • (1934), 'History of Kyneton’, Kyneton, Vic : Volume 1, (1934-1935), reprint 1981.

  • (2 June 1866), Ovens and Murray Advertiser.

  • Information sourced from Davies, Alan.

  • Information sourced from Galimany, Michael.

  • Information sourced from Harris, Helen D.

Initial data sources

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