C. Knight

  • Artist (Screen Artist),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
C. Knight was a painter in Hobart in the early 1840s and is assumed to be also the photographer and photographic showman of the same name who advertised a 'lime light' show of photographs at Hobart Town in 1854. This was one of Tasmania's earliest public lantern-slide shows known to have used photographs.
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Name
C. Knight
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Screen Artist)
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Active Period
  • c.1840 - c.1869
Residence
  • c.1866 - c.1869 Perth, WA (possible attribution )
  • c.1840 - c.1854 Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tas.)
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Davies, Alan and Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Erickson, R. (1983), 'The Brand on his Coat', Nedlands, WA.>, <ExternalResource: Long, C., 'Tasmania - the first photographs', manuscript.>]