George Hope Verney

Also known as Captain Verney
  • Artist (Photographer)
An amateur photographer and army officer, Verney was taking photographs at Government House, George Street, Brisbane in 1868-69. In 1877 he published two articles in the British Journal Photographic Almanac including "Useful Photographic Hints for Amateurs".
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Name
George Hope Verney
Also known as Captain Verney
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • army officer and aide-de-camp (ANZSIC code: 7600)
Active Period
  • c.1868 - c.1877
Residence
  • c.1909 Melbourne, VIC
  • c.1877 England, UK
  • 1868 - 1871 Brisbane, QLD
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Johnson, W.S. (1990), 'Nineteenth-Century Photography: An Annotated Bibliography 1839-1879', Boston, Massachusetts, USA.>, <ExternalResource: Willis, A-M. (1981), 'An introduction to early Australian photography', Metro 56, Winter edition.>, <ExternalResource: (1908), Australasian, 11-07.>, <ExternalResource: (1909), Table Talk, 11-11.>, <ExternalResource: Verney, George Hope (1877), 'The Utilizing of Amateur's Negatives', British Journal Photographic Almanac.>, <ExternalResource: Willis, A-M. (1988), 'Picturing Australia: A History of Photography', Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: Verney, George Hope (1877), 'Useful Photographic Hints for Amateurs', British Journal Photographic Almanac.>]