Joseph Lyne Brown

Also known as M. Brown, J. S. Brown, J. L. Browne, J. Lyne Brown
  • Artist (Photographer)
Renowned for his caustic wit later in life as an alderman on Cairns City Council, as a photographer Brown is best known for popularising the collodion wet-plate process - a speedier and more efficient process than the traditional daguerreotype that freed subjects from having to be immobilised through the use of head clamps.
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Name
Joseph Lyne Brown
Also known as:
  • M. Brown
  • J. S. Brown
  • J. L. Browne
  • J. Lyne Brown
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • Professional photographer (ANZSIC code: 6991)
  • Photographic dealer (ANZSIC code: 4279)
Active Period
  • c.1854 - c.1919
Residence
  • c.1894 - c.1919 Cairns, Qld.
  • c.1876- Glenn Innes, NSW
  • c.1872- Uralla, NSW
  • c.1862 - c.1880 Singleton, NSW
  • c.1854 - c.1858 Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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