Henry Barnes

  • Artist (Photographer)
Henry Barnes spent his working life at the Australian Museum in Sydney where he worked as a photographer and taxidermist. He was involved in a scandal whereby accusations of selling obscene photographs on museum premises were laid.
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Citations

  • 'NSW Death Records : 8080/1904; 8045/1913; 11233/1934’.

  • 'NSW Marriage Records : 265/1859; 686/1884’.

  • 'NSW Birth Records : 1889/1860; 2214/1862; 623/1865’.

  • Strahan, R. (1979), 'Rare and Curious Specimens: An Illustrated History of the Australian Museum’, Sydney, NSW.

  • (1867), Illustrated Sydney News, 07-16.

  • (1873), Sydney Mail, 05-10.

  • (1864), Sydney Morning Herald, 05-13.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.

Initial data sources

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

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