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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Related people
  • 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)
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