A. Bennett Clay

Also known as A. B. Clay, Clay Bennett
  • Artist (Photographer)
Professional photographer and resident of Tasmania and Victoria.
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professional photographer, was an itinerant photographer who came to Launceston in March 1857 with a travelling photographic van from which he produced ambrotype portraits. On 2 March 1858 he advertised in the Launceston Examiner that the van was for sale; it may have been purchased by Henry Frith . Then Clay possibly sailed to Victoria. According to James Flett, in July 1866 a photographer called A.B. Clay 'Had a shot at photography in Sutton and Clague’s old building on the corner of Criterion Lane’ at Dunolly, Victoria.

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Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011

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References [<ExternalResource: Davies, Alan; and Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900', Melbourne, Vic : Oxford University Press.>, <ExternalResource: Flett, J. (1956), 'Dunolly: The Story of an Old Gold-Diggings Town', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Long, C., 'Tasmania - the first photographs', manuscript.>]