professional photographer, had a Sydney studio in 1863-64. On 3 June 1863 he advertised that his 'Portraits for the Million’ were at Davis’s Toy Bazaar, 396 George Street, and announced his prices: three cartes-de-visite for 10s, or twelve for 30s, with 'portraits by other processes equally low’. He concluded with the statement that 'W.J. Liddell abstains from all self-laudation, & he trusts a trial will convince that he is endowed with skill & capacity to delineate nature faithfully & life-like.’
On 12 October 1864, Liddell took A. Blitz into partnership, the pair advertising in the Sydney Morning Herald that they had reconstructed the George Street gallery at great expense and 'obtained all the modern instruments and processes’. The partnership survived only until the following year. Then Blitz left for Queensland, while Liddell apparently went to South Australia where he is known to have joined the American Photographic Company: a carte-de-visite naming him as manager of the company’s Largs Bay branch is recorded. In 1883-84 the firm of Liddell & Cooper is listed at High Street, West Maitland, NSW.
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- Date written:
- 1992
- Last updated:
- 2011
