John Mathieson Sharp b. 1823

  • Artist (Photographer)
John Mathieson Sharp was a professional photographer as well as a dentist. He had a photographic partnership with Frederick Frith. Many of their photographs were of Tasmanian politicians. By the mid 1860s, though, he appears to have abandoned photography.
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Name
John Mathieson Sharp
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • dentist (ANZSIC code: 8531)
Birth date
1823
Death date
1899
Active Period
  • c.1855 - c.1865
Residence
  • Hobart Town, Tasmania
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related collections
  • Van Diemen's Land Folk Museum, Hobart, Tasmania (collected in)
  • Sir William Lodewyk Crowther Library, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Van Diemen's Land Folk Museum, Hobart, Tasmania (collected in)
  • Sir William Lodewyk Crowther Library, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)