Joseph Lyne Brown

Also known as M. Brown, J. S. Brown, J. L. Browne, J. Lyne Brown
  • Artist (Photographer)
Renowned for his caustic wit later in life as an alderman on Cairns City Council, as a photographer Brown is best known for popularising the collodion wet-plate process - a speedier and more efficient process than the traditional daguerreotype that freed subjects from having to be immobilised through the use of head clamps.

Citations

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

  • Barrie, S (1988), 'Queenslanders behind the Camera 3’, Morningside, Qld.

  • Gilbert, L (1982), 'An Armidale Album’, Armidale, NSW.

  • Tanre, C. et al. (1977), 'The Mechanical Eye’, Sydney, NSW.

  • (1854), Illustrated Sydney Advertiser, 05-13.

  • (1872), Maitland Mercury, 02-03.

  • (1854), Sydney Morning Herald, 12-01.

  • Information sourced from Gilbert, L.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

  • (1854), Illustrated Sydney News, 09-30.

Initial data sources

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