Joseph John Elliott b. 14 October 1835

  • Artist (Photographer)
An innovative photographer by the age of fifteen, Elliot came to Australia in search of gold. When that proved fruitless, he set up as a photographer in rural NSW in the 1850s. He also ran a successful photographic business in London after returning in 1859. Elliot was also a noted art collector.
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Citations

  • Johnson, W.S. (1990), 'Nineteenth-Century Photography: An Annotated Bibliography 1839-1879’, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

  • Information sourced from Kerr, J. S.

  • 'Obituary’, British Journal Photographic Almanac 1904.

  • (1858), Yass Courier, December 18.

  • (1858), Photographic News, December 24.

Initial data sources

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

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