Lionel Ormerod

  • Artist (Photographer)
Professional photographer in Victoria, 1860s, who invented a new photographic process that allowed portraits to be enlarged from carte-de-visite to any desired size 'without losing their natural aspect'.

Citations

  • Fox, P. (1987), 'Geelong on Exhibition: A Photographic Image’, Geelong Art Gallery catalogue, Geelong, Vic.

Initial data sources

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