Miss Hampson

  • Artist (Photographer)
One of Victoria's earliest female photographers, Hampson specialised in collodion portraits of women. No surviving examples have been located.
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professional photographer, was working as a 'Daguerrean Artist’ at 4 Collins Street East, Melbourne, in 1855-59. One of Victoria’s earliest women photographers, she specialised in collodion portraits of women. No surviving examples have been located.

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Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011

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