George William Perry

  • Artist (Photographer)
Professional photographer, exhibited and well-recognised. Achievements include 'Perry-o-type' process, 1864; and telescopic photographs of 'the largest primary pictures of the moon', 1872.
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Name
George William Perry
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • Photography teacher (ANZSIC code: 8212)
  • Professional photographer (ANZSIC code: 6991)
Active Period
  • 1854 - 1897
Residence
  • c.1872 Royal Arcade, Bourke Street, Melbourne, Vic
  • c.1872 The East End Portrait Gallery, 135 Bourke Street, East Melbourne, Vic
  • c.1867 - c.1872 49 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Vic
  • c.1856 9 Collins-st west, Melbourne, Vic
  • c.1856 - c.1860 5 Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic
  • 1854 - 1897 Melbourne, VIC
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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  • Cook, Ebenezer Wake (associate of)
  • Turner, Joseph (associate of)
  • Wilson, Charles (associate of)
  • Batchelder, (associate of)
  • O'Neill, (associate of)
  • Osborne, J. W. (associate of)
  • Gould, William (associate of)
  • Frith, (associate of)
  • Crawford, (associate of)
  • Warrender, (associate of)
  • O'Farrell, James (associate of)
  • Ellery, Robert Lewis John (associate of)
  • Cook, Ebenezer Wake (associate of)
  • Turner, Joseph (associate of)
  • Wilson, Charles (associate of)
  • Batchelder, (associate of)
  • O'Neill, (associate of)
  • Osborne, J. W. (associate of)
  • Gould, William (associate of)
  • Frith, (associate of)
  • Crawford, (associate of)
  • Warrender, (associate of)
  • O'Farrell, James (associate of)
  • Ellery, Robert Lewis John (associate of)
Related person groups
  • Photographic Society of Victoria (associate of)
  • Photographic Society of Victoria (associate of)
Related works
  • The Naughty Boy (creator of)
  • Panoramic Views of the City of Melbourne and Suburbs, taken from the summit of the chimney of the Gas Works (creator of)
  • The Naughty Boy (creator of)
  • Panoramic Views of the City of Melbourne and Suburbs, taken from the summit of the chimney of the Gas Works (creator of)
Related collections
  • private collection (collected in)
  • Mount Stromlo Observatory, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Melbourne (collected in)
  • private collection (collected in)
  • Mount Stromlo Observatory, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Melbourne (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • first-class certificate for single portraits (received)
  • certificate of merit for glass collodion positive portraits (ambrotypes) (received)
  • Ballarat Mechanics Institute Exhibition of Science and Art (received)
  • first-class certificate for single portraits (received)
  • certificate of merit for glass collodion positive portraits (ambrotypes) (received)
  • Ballarat Mechanics Institute Exhibition of Science and Art (received)
Related events
  • Melbourne Public Library exhibition (None)
  • Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition (None)
  • Ballarat Mechanics Institute Exhibition (None)
  • Victorian Exhibition of Fine Arts (None)
  • Photographs produced by the Photographic Society of Victoria; [and] Photographic Chemicals (exhibited at)
  • Victorian Exhibition of Fine Arts (exhibited at)
  • Victoria Industrial Society Eighth Annual Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Victorian Exhibition of Art (None)
  • Melbourne Public Library exhibition (None)
  • Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition (None)
  • Ballarat Mechanics Institute Exhibition (None)
  • Victorian Exhibition of Fine Arts (None)
  • Photographs produced by the Photographic Society of Victoria; [and] Photographic Chemicals (exhibited at)
  • Victorian Exhibition of Fine Arts (exhibited at)
  • Victoria Industrial Society Eighth Annual Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Victorian Exhibition of Art (None)
Field Changes
Biography
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