Joshua Anson b. 1854

  • Artist (Photographer)
Joshua Anson was a photographer, one of the Anson Brothers photographic firm in Hobart with Henry Joseph Anson and Richard Edwin Anson. In a court case in 1877 Joshua Anson was indited for theft of photographic goods from his employer, H.H. Baily of Hobart and gaoled for two years. He resumed his career, apparently unaffected by his incarceration, upon release and went on to win a number of awards
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photographer, was one of the Anson Brothers photographic firm in Hobart with Henry Joseph Anson (1854-1890) and Richard Edwin Anson (1851-?). In a court case heard on 10 July 1877 Joshua Anson was indicted for theft of photographic goods from his employer, H.H. Baily of Hobart. He had been Baily’s apprentice since 1872. Found guilty, he was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. He was apparently out of gaol by the end of 1878 when the Anson Brothers set themselves up in Samuel Clifford 's former studio and continued the landscape photographic work established by Clifford. Joshua Anson was certainly back in the profession by 19 July 1879, when the Tasmanian (p.11)reported that he had recently produced a series of 26 photographic views, including Cataract Gorge etc.

Anson Brothers exhibited in the 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition: Tasmania – Class 12 – Photographic Proofs and Apparatus – Anson Brothers, Hobart – no.29 Framed photographs – Scenery and portraits. They won a silver medal at the 1883-84 Calcutta International Exhibition and another at the 1888-89 Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition, when they exhibited in the Tasmanian Court (Class 12 Photographic proofs and apparatus) cat. no. 43 – photography ( Official Record p. 566). They also won a silver medal in Paris in 1889. Their photographs of Tasmania from an album held Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts inscribed 'Mrs A. Bennett, Sydney, NSW’ are: Silver Falls, Fern Tree Gully, Tasmania ; Hobart from the Glebe ; Hobart from the Bay ; Government House, Hobart . Anson Brothers produced large format photographs up to 15 ins by 22 ins. J. W. Beattie , who was employed in Anson Brothers’ studio, bought them out in 1891.

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1999
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2011

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  • Anson, Henry Joseph (associate of)
  • Anson, Richard Edwin (associate of)
  • Baily, H. H. (associate of)
  • Beattie, J. W. (associate of)
  • Anson, Henry Joseph (sibling of)
  • Anson, Richard Edwin (sibling of)
Related stub person groups
  • Anson Brothers photographic firm (associate of)
Related people
  • Clifford, Samuel (associate of)
Related works
  • Government House, Hobart (creator of)
  • Hobart from the Bay (creator of)
  • Hobart from the Glebe (creator of)
  • Silver Falls, Fern Tree Gully, Tasmania (creator of)
Related collections
  • Sir William Lodewyk Crowther Library, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAs (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Silver medal, Paris, France (received)
  • Prize, Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition (received)
  • Calcutta International Exhibition (received)
Related events
  • Paris Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da19515b538b73d9300179b')) (exhibited at)