George Wills Priston b.

  • Artist (Photographer)
George Wills Priston was a professional photographer and chemist, whose business Priston and Small manufactured photographic chemicals and dealt in photographic goods between c. 1864 and 5 October 1867, when he and his partner, Thomas Stephen Small formally dissolved their company. From 1864 to 1866 he and Jabez William Small published Photographic News of the Month, considered to be Australia's first photographic magazine.
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Name
George Wills Priston
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • Photographic dealer (ANZSIC code: 4279)
Birth date
Birth place
Torquay, England, UK
Active Period
  • 1864 - 1871
Residence
  • Melbourne, Vic.
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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