Lawson Insley

  • Artist (Photographer)
Photographer, specialised in portraiture and travelled from Sydney to New Zealand and eventually to Queensland with his business.

Citations

  • Fisher, R. (February 1986), '“Through a glass darkly”: Photographers and their role in the Moreton Bay region before 1860’, Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, Volume 12, Number 3, .

  • Lea-Scarlett, E.J. (September 1970), 'Nineteenth century photographers in Queanbeyan a note’, Canberra and District Historical Society Journal, .

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

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

  • Fisher, R. (1985), 'Aspects of early photography in the Moreton Bay region’, Brisbane History Group Papers 3, Brisbane, Qld.

  • Main, W. (1972), 'Wellington through a Victorian Lens’, Wellington, NZ.

  • Rudisill, R. (1971), 'Mirror Image: The Influence of the Daguerreotype on American Society’, Albuquerque, USA.

  • (9 August 1851), Australian & New Zealand Gazette, (London, England, UK).

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

  • Information sourced from Chapman, W.

  • Main, W. (1977), 'Auckland through a Victorian Lens’, Wellington, NZ.

  • Lea-Scarlett, E.J. & Robinson, T. (1986), 'First Light on the Limestone Plains’, Canberra, ACT.

Initial data sources

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