Montagu Scott

Also known as J. Montague Scott
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Montagu Scott arrived in Melbourne in the late 1850s and ran a photographic studio before illustrating the Melbourne Punch. He later moved to Sydney where he became notorious for charging the Duke of Edinburgh 250 guineas of a portrait.
Tags: Sydney Punch, Clark Island

Citations

  • Cato, Jack (1955), 'The Story of the Camera in Australia’.

  • Marguerite Mahood (1973), 'The Loaded Line: Australian Political Caricature 1788-1901’.