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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Citations

  • Lea-Scarlett, E. (September 1970), 'Nineteenth century photographers in Queanbeyan, a note’, Canberra and District Historical Society Journal, .

  • Bradshaw, R. (7 October 1985), 'The Merlin of the South’, Australasian Drama Studies.

  • Burke, K. (1973), 'Gold and Silver: Photography of Australian Goldfields from the Holtermann Collection’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Colligan, Mimi (2002), 'Canvas Documentaries’, Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Cato, J. (1955), 'The Story of the Camera in Australia’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Newhall, B. (1964), 'The History of Photography’, New York, USA.

  • Newton, G. (1988), 'Shades of Light’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

  • Willis, Anne-Marie (1988), 'Picturing Australia: A History of Photography’, Sydney, NSW.

  • (4 October 1873), '(Obituary)’, Town and Country Journal.

Initial data sources

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

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Related collections
  • Ballarat Municipal Library, Ballarat, Victoria (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 Municipal Library, Ballarat, Victoria (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)