Also known as
Miss O'Shannessy,
E. F. K.,
E. F. K. O'Shaunessy
Artist (Photographer)
a professional photographer, was a founding name partner in Melbourne's leading photographic firm of Johnstone, O'Shannessy (sic) & Co. (1864-93), but she seems to have left around 1870. She seems to have been overshadowed professionally by her flamboyant colleague.
'John Higgins senior and Mary Alice Higgins (nee Morrison), c.1895, two cartes-de-visite, NLA P666 and P667'.
'Officers of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Melbourne meeting, 1890, albumen print, NLA PIC P676'.
Initial data sources
The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870
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professional photographer (ANZSIC code: 6991)
professional photographer
Record history
If Emily, was born in 1854, operating 2 photographic studios from her residence in 1862, she would have been 8 years old. Marrying in 1871, at 17 years old. -
19/01/2017 15:03
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carolmaymaney
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