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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See also

  • 'IMAGE: Philip James Marchant, Double Self Portrait 1865, albumen silver carte-de-viste photograph, R.J. Noye Colllection.'.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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