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.

professional photographer, was probably the Bent of 'Creelman and Bent’ recorded on an undated carte-de-visite by Davies and Stanbury. The partnership possibly dates from before 1868 when W.M. Bent took over the Sandhurst (Bendigo) studio of Benjamin Pierce Batchelder . He was still calling his Pall Mall studio 'late Batchelder’ in 1883. In 1870 Bent provided an original photograph of the author for the frontispiece of Rev. J. Nish’s Discourse on the Divine Authority, Credibility, and Inspiration of the Scriptures… published at Geelong. He moved to new premises in Barkly Place (Bendigo) in 1883, where he remained until the studio was taken over by C.W. Foster in about 1891.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011