Morton Allport b. 4 December 1830

Also known as Paul Ricochet
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter and amateur photographer. Allport appears to have made the first photographic expedition to the Lake St Clair region in Tasmania, exhibiting the stereoscopic photographs he took at the 1862-63 Hobart Town Art Treasures and Industries Exhibition.
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Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition
Date
1866
Place
Public Library Building, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Hobart Town Art Treasures Exhibition
Date
1862 - 1863
Place
Hobart, Tas.
Description
Type
Exhibition
Hobart Town Art-Treasures Exhibition
Date
1858
Place
Hobart Town, Tas.
Description
Type
Exhibition

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References [<ExternalResource: (1863), 'Morton Allport's letter to Curzon about his 1863 trip', State Library of Tasmania, Tas., copy.>, <ExternalResource: Stilwell, G.T. (c.1969), 'Morton Allport', Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vol 3, Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Davies, Alan and Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Artists', 2nd edn, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Newton, G. (1988), 'Shades of Light', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Willis, A-M. (1988), 'Picturing Australia: A History of Photography', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: (1863), Hobart Intelligencer, March.>, <ExternalResource: Long, C., 'Tasmania - the first photographs', manuscript.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.>, <ExternalResource: Winter, Gillian (2000), ''First Views': Morton Allport's Lake St Clair Photographs - 1863', Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania. Hobart, (April-August).>] [<ExternalResource: (1863), 'Morton Allport's letter to Curzon about his 1863 trip', State Library of Tasmania, Tas., copy.>]