Henry Merlin b. c.1830

Also known as Henry Murlin, Henry Muriel, Dumont, Henry Beaufoy Merlin
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Photographer)
Travelling photographer, scene-painter, architect, showman and actor. Merlin created painted and photographic 'panoramas', and extensively photographed the houses and public buildings of many regional areas of New South Wales.
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travelling photographer, scene-painter, architect, showman and actor, was born in England, son of Frederick Murlin, a chemist and salesman, and Ann Harriet, only daughter of Lieutenant Benjamin Beaufoy RN.

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Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011

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Alternative names
  • Henry Murlin
  • Henry Muriel
  • Dumont
  • Henry Beaufoy Merlin
  • Henry Murlin
  • Henry Muriel
  • Dumont
  • Henry Beaufoy Merlin
Related works
  • Grand Indian Panorama (creator of)
  • (Theatre d'Illustration) (creator of)
  • Badgery's cottage, 48 Elrington Street, Braidwood, around April-May 1870 (None)
  • Grand Indian Panorama (creator of)
  • (Theatre d'Illustration) (creator of)
Related collections
  • Ballarat Historical Society, Ballarat, Vic. (collected in)
  • Macleay Museum, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Holtermann Collection, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Ballarat Historical Society, Ballarat, Vic. (collected in)
  • Macleay Museum, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Holtermann Collection, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Paris Universal Exhibition (received)
  • 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition (received)
  • Paris Universal Exhibition (received)
  • 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition (received)
Related events
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da19c42b538b73d93013146')) (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da19c42b538b73d93013146')) (exhibited at)
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