Edward Ward b. 17 August 1823

Also known as Edward Wolstenholme Ward
  • Artist (Photographer)
Deputy Master of the Royal Mint in both Sydney and later Melbourne. Practiced wet-plate (collodion) photography. Exhibited at the second photographic conversazione of the Philosophical Society of New South Wales in December 1859 with other Sydney photographers.
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Name
Edward Ward
Also known as Edward Wolstenholme Ward
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • commissioner of the railways (ANZSIC code: 75)
  • deputy master of the Royal Mint (ANZSIC code: 7510)
  • military engineer (ANZSIC code: 7600)
Birth date
17 August 1823
Birth place
Calcutta, India
Death date
5 February 1890
Death place
Cannes, France
Active Period
  • c.1859 - c.1861
Arrival
  • 22 October 1854 (Arrived Sydney in vessel 'Calcutta')
Residence
  • 1869 - 1876 Melbourne, VIC
  • 1854 - 1866 Sydney, New South Wales
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: (June 1989), 'Masterpieces of Australian Photography', Josef Lebovic Gallery catalogue, Paddington, New South Wales, .>, <ExternalResource: Greville, P.J. (1972), 'Sir Edward Wolstenholme Ward', Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 6, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Davies, Alan and Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900', Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Davies, A. (1985), 'Fixed in Time', Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales catalogue, Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: Groom, B. and Wickman, W. (1982), 'Sydney--The 1850s: The Lost Collections', Sydney, New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: Tibbits, G. (et al.), 'Directory of Victorian architects', Melbourne, Victoria: University of Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Greville, P.J.>] [<ExternalResource: (June 1989), 'Masterpieces of Australian Photography', Josef Lebovic Gallery catalogue, Paddington, New South Wales, .>]