Philip James Marchant b. 18 December 1846

  • Artist (Photographer)
Male colonial photographer in SA who produced a double portrait of himself while showing no signs of how he did it, in order to advertise his business which claimed to take portraits of squirming infants in one second.
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associate of
George John Freeman
1843
Artist (Photographer)
associate of
John Marchant
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child of
John Adams Marchant
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child of
née Board Thomazine Marchant
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spouse of
née Bowering Mary Marchant
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parent of
Samuel Bowering Marchant
1870
Artist (Photographer)
sibling of
Edwin Walter Marchant
1849
Artist (Photographer)

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References [<ExternalResource: Davies, Alan & Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900', Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Noye, R. J. (1968), 'Early South Australian Photography: The R.J. Noye Collection', Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Statton, J. (1986), 'Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885', Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: (1869), South Australian Almanac and Directory.>]