William Friend Bentley b. 8 October 1836

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
William Bentley was said to have been too small to even carry his own painting materials he was that young when his parents sent him to London to study at the Royal Academy of Art. Back in Burra Burra, South Australia by 17, where he remained for the rest of his life, Bentley worked as a photographer while painting and drawing local landscapes, townscapes, historical pictures and portraits.
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Citations

  • Davies, Alan & Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Auhl, I. (1975), 'Burra and District: A Pictorial Memoir’, Adelaide, SA.

  • McCulloch, A. (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Melbourne, Vic. 2nd Edition.

  • Statton, J. (1986), 'Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885’, Adelaide, SA.

  • Bentley, M., 'William Bentley’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT manuscript.

  • Auhl, I. (1986), 'The Monster Mine’, Burra, SA.

Initial data sources

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

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