Ernest Brougham Docker b. 1839

  • Artist (Photographer)
Photographer, lawyer and Supreme Court Judge, Docker's articles on photography were published widely. He also developed an original method of dry-plate photography and of mounting stereographs, which was his speciality. He did much to support people's access to the art, including helping to establish the Amateur Photographic Society of New South Wales.
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Name
Ernest Brougham Docker
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • Supreme Court judge
  • Lawyer
Birth date
1839
Birth place
Thornthwaite, NSW
Death date
1923
Active Period
  • 1855 - 1908
Residence
  • Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related stub person groups
  • Amateur Photographic Society of New South Wales (associate of)
  • Photographic Society of New South Wales (associate of)
Related people
  • Docker, Joseph (child of)
  • Docker, Joseph (associate of)
Related collections
  • Private collection (collected in)
  • Macleay Museum, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related events
  • Photographic Society of New South Wales (exhibited at)