George Willett

  • Artist (Photographer)
Colonial male photographer who named his studio the Royal Photographic Temple of Light after shooting two princes on tour.
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professional photographer, was working in Sturt Street, Ballarat in 1869. He had become a partner in the firm of Doyne, Major & Willett of Melbourne the following year, when he sent a photograph of Tasmania’s South Esk Bridge to the Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition. The Victorian Copyright Collection (La Trobe Library) includes Willett’s portrait photograph of the Princes Albert Edward and George of Wales taken in 1881 during their Victorian tour. Willett’s Royal Photographic Temple of Light at 139 Sturt Street, Ballarat, was his main studio from at least 1889 to 1896; he also had a branch office 'A few doors below the Bridge and nearly opposite the Market’. Willett later transferred the business to Geelong.

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Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011

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