Benjamin Tannett

Also known as Benjamin Tennent, Mr Tennent
  • Artist (Painter)
Benjamin Tannett was a noted theatrical scene-painter and actor working in Melbourne and Sydney in the mid nineteenth century. In 1859 Tannett painted 'new and beautiful scenery' for the burlesque at the Royal Victoria Theatre. It was 'acknowledged to be the greatest production that has ever been witnessed in the Colony'.
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Citations

  • (April 1903), 'Mr. W.J. Wilson’, Old Times, .

Initial data sources

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

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Related person groups
  • Theatre Royal (associate of)
  • Haymarket Theatre (associate of)
  • Royal Victoria Theatre (associate of)
  • Princess Theatre (associate of)
  • Theatre Royal (associate of)
  • Haymarket Theatre (associate of)
  • Royal Victoria Theatre (associate of)