John Hunter Kerr b. c.1821

Also known as T. H. Kerr
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
A painter and amateur photographer John Hunter Kerr was particularly interested in recording the local Aboriginal people. His book 'Glimpses of Life in Victoria by a Resident' was published in Edinburgh in 1872.
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creator of
Jamie and his Friend
 
creator of
Group of Weapons
 
creator of
Portrait of a Horse
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creator of
Corroborie held at night. Fernyhurst, Australia Felix
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Photograph by Eugene Montagu Scott, taken in the 1860s from Kerr’s 1850s salted paper print

 

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References [<ExternalResource: Drought, M.L. (1926), 'Extracts from Old Journals Written by Frederic Race Godfrey...', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Gibbney, H.J. and Smith, A.G. (1987), 'A Biographical Register 1788-1939', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: (1982), 'Historical Records of Victoria 2A: The Aborigines of Port Phillip 1835-1839', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, John Hunter (1872), 'Glimpses of Life in Victoria by a Resident', Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.>]