Victor Albert Prout b. 1835

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Prout was a portrait painter and professional photographer, the son of musical and artistic parents Maria and John Skinner Prout. He spent his professional career between England and Australia and established a reputation as 'one of the best art-photographers in London.' He claimed to have invented a panoramic camera and in 1870 introduced the autotype to Australia.
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Name
Victor Albert Prout
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Professional photographer (ANZSIC code: 6991)
Birth date
1835
Birth place
Bristol, Somerset, England, UK
Active Period
  • c.1860 - c.1874
Arrival
  • 16 December 1840 (arrived Sydney, NSW on board the "Royal Sovereign")
Residence
  • c.1866 - c.1874 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1860 - c.1866 United Kingdom
  • c.1860- Sydney, NSW
  • c.1848 - c.1860 England, UK
  • 16 December 1840 - 1848 Sydney, NSW
  • 1835 - 1840 Bristol, Somerset, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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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: Brown, T. & Kolenberg, H. (1986), 'Skinner Prout in Australia 1840-48', Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (catalogue).>, <ExternalResource: Johnson, W.S. (1990), 'Nineteenth-Century Photography: An Annotated Bibliography 1839-1879', Boston, Massachusetts, USA.>, <ExternalResource: (1868), 'Transactions', Royal Society of New South Wales (Volume 2).>, <ExternalResource: Prout, Victor Albert (1860), 'The Interior of the Abbey of Westminster', Colnaghi (publisher), London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: (1864), 'A Series of Photographs illustrating the Visit of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales to Mar Lodge the Seat of the Right Hon. the Earl and Countess of Fife during the Bramer Gathering of 1863', (A set of 70 albumen prints), (issued from) Baker Street, London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Davies, A.>]