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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creator of
The Naughty Boy
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creator of
Panoramic Views of the City of Melbourne and Suburbs, taken from the summit of the chimney of the Gas Works
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five-part collodiotype (wet-plate) panorama taken from the gasometer behind Batman’s Hill

 

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