Stephen Montagu Stout b. 1829

  • Artist (Photographer)
Convicted of forgery and sentenced to fourteen years transportation, Stout became one of the handful of competent photographers working in Western Australia during the 1860s and 1870s.

Citations

  • Bateson, C. (1974), 'The Convict Ships 1787-1868’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Erickson, R. (1979), 'Dictionary of Western Australians 1829-1914’, Nedlands, WA.

  • Gibbney, H.J.; & Smith, A.G. (1987), 'A Biographical Register 1788-1939’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Reece, R. & Pascoe, R. (1983), 'A Place of Consequence: A Pictorial History of Fremantle’, Fremantle, WA.

  • (29 May 1880), Perth, WA : Morning Herald.

  • 'Dempster’s Letters’, Perth, WA : Battye Library of Australian History, State Library of Western Australia, (ms Acc 2488A).

  • Gull, Annie; to Barker, Julia (23 February 1866), Perth, WA : Battye Library of Australian History, State Library of Western Australia, (ms Acc 2423A).

  • Information sourced from Pheloung, Ann.

  • Erickson, R. (1983), 'The Brand on his Coat’, Nedlands, WA.

Initial data sources

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