Henry Y. Pohl

Also known as Henry Y. Pohl, Hermann Y. Pohl, Hermann? Henry Y. Pohl
  • Artist (Photographer)
Henry (Hermann?) Y. Pohl was a professional photographer. In 1863 he was listed as Henry Y. Pohl in the Melbourne Directory. Pohl's major claim to fame is that he photographed the corpse of the bushranger Daniel ('Mad Dog') Morgan at Pechelbar Station, near Wangaratta where Morgan was shot in 1865.
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Citations

  • Ashley, Robert, 'Index of Australian photographic artists’, (manuscript).

  • Davies, Alan and Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia – Photography 1841-1900’, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Vic.

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

  • Wannan, B. (1966), 'A Pictorial History of Bushrangers’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Willis, A-M. (1988), 'Picturing Australia – A History of Photography’, Sydney, NSW.

Initial data sources

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

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