William Hetzer

  • Artist (Photographer)
Professional photographer, was a German who ran a studio with his wife, Thekla in Sydney from 1850 to 1867. He was engaged by the New South Wales commissioners to depict the monuments of the growing colony.
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Citations

  • (June 1989), 'Masterpieces of Australian Photography’, Josef Lebovic Gallery, Paddington, NSW, .

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

  • Cato, J. (1955), 'The Story of the Camera in Australia’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Davies, A. (1984), 'Fixed in Time’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

  • Groom, B. & Wickman, W. (1982), 'Sydney in the 1850s: The Lost Collections’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Newton, Gael (1988), 'Shades of Light : photography and Australia 1839-1988’, Australian National Gallery : Collins Australia, Canberra, ACT :.

  • Tanre, C., et al. (1977), 'The Mechanical Eye : a historical guide to Australian photography and photographers’, Macleay Museum, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.

  • Willis, A-M. (1988), 'Picturing Australia: A History of Photography’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.

  • Information sourced from Chapman, W.

  • Information sourced from Newton, Gael.

See also

  • 'George Street, Sydney with Bullock Team, c1858'.

Initial data sources

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