Alfred Abbott b. 1838

  • Artist (Photographer)
Amateur photographer, watchmaker and diarist. Known for his stereoscopic prints of Hobart and its surrounds. He also produced an important album incorporating works by Tasmanian and Victorian photographers of the 1850s and 1860s.
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Name
Alfred Abbott
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • Diarist (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Watchmaker (ANZSIC code: 2419)
Birth date
1838
Birth place
Derby, England, UK
Death date
3 September 1872
Death place
Ashfield, Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1850 - c.1865
Arrival
  • 1850 (Arrived Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania))
Cultural Heritage
  • English
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Rimmer, G (1966), 'Francis Abbott', Australian Dictionary of Biography , Volume 3, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Sprod, D. (1977), 'Victorian and Edwardian Hobart from Old Photographs', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Davies, Alan / Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900', Melbourne, Vic.>]