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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Citations

  • (1872), 'Victorian Exhibition of 1872 and London International Exhibition of 1873’, Catalogue, Melbourne, VIC, advertisement.

  • (1867), 'Sands & McDougall’s Melbourne Directory’.

  • (1856), 'The Melbourne Commercial Squatters Directory’.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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