William Paterson

  • Artist (Photographer)
William Paterson was a professional photographer. He worked in Melbourne in partnership with his brother Archibald. At the 1866 Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition, both of them were awarded an honourable mention for their 'Untouched and Coloured Portraits and Photographic Views'.
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Citations

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

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

  • Mulvaney, J. & Harcourt, R. (1988), 'Cricket Walkabout’, Sydney.

  • Melbourne Directory, 1859-70.

  • Information sourced from Thomson, Joyce A.

  • Information sourced from Callaway, A.

Initial data sources

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

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Related collections
  • Private collection, NSW (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Private collection, NSW (collected in)
  • La Trobe Library, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)