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, .

  • (3 August 1878), 'A few old playbills’, Australasian.

  • Callaway, Anita, 'Index to colonial scene painters’, Manuscript.

  • Information sourced from Callaway, Anita.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.

  • (3 August 1878), 'Old Stager’, Australasian.

Initial data sources

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

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