Philip James Marchant b. 18 December 1846

  • Artist (Photographer)
Philip Marchant was a colonial photographer in South Australia. Skilled in various photographic processes, he 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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Name
Philip James Marchant
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Birth date
18 December 1846
Birth place
Beer, Devon, England, UK
Death date
7 August 1910
Death place
South Australia, SA
Burial place
Gawler, SA
Active Period
  • c.1864 - c.1910
Arrival
  • 1861 (Arrived on board the 'Harwick'.)
Residence
  • c.1882 - c.1910 Gawler, SA
  • c.1887 - c.1897 Latrobe, Tasmania
  • c.1864 - c.1882 Waymouth Street, Adelaide, SA
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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  • Freeman, George John (associate of)
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  • Marchant, John Adams (child of)
  • Marchant, Thomazine (child of)
  • Marchant, Mary (spouse of)
  • Marchant, Samuel Bowering (parent of)
  • Marchant, Edwin Walter (sibling of)