William Knight b. 28 February 1828

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Photographer)
William Knight arrived in Melbourne in 1853 and worked as a Survey Engraver. He produced some lithographic work as well as photographs and sketches.
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professional photographer, engraver and lithographer, was born in Bermondsey, London, on 28 February 1828, twelfth child of Thomas Knight, a wool-stapler of Amersham and London, and Charlotte, née Brooker.

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1992
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2011

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References [<ExternalResource: 'Family papers'.>, <ExternalResource: Davies, Alan & Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Fisher, R. (1986), 'Through a glass darkly: Photographers and their role in the Moreton Bay region before 1860', Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 12/3 February.>] [<ExternalResource: 'Family papers'.>]