Barcroft Capel Boake b. 12 November 1838

  • Artist (Photographer)
Barcroft Capel Boake was one of the most well-known and successful professional photographers of the second half of the 19th century but beset by economic difficulties and a series of personal tragedies, Boake spent the last three decades of his life in relative obscurity.
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Photographic Society of Victoria
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