William Mariner Bent b. 1835

Also known as William Mariner Wood, W. M. Bent
  • Artist (Photographer)
William Mariner Bent was a professional photographer who had a number of studios in Bendigo, Victoria throughout the late the 1860s until the early 1890s. One of his studios was the former residence of well-known photographer Benjamin Pierce Batchelder.
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Citations

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

  • Holden, R. (1988), 'Photography in Colonial Australia: The Mechanical Eye and the Illustrated Book’, Potts Point , NSW.

  • Butcher, M., 'List of Bendigo and Eaglehawk photographers’, manuscript.

Initial data sources

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

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