Alexander Smithers

  • Artist (Photographer)
Professional photographer and vocal proponent of modernisation in the arts. Active in Newcastle around the 1860s, he produced photographs of the triumphal arch that was erected to welcome the Duke of Edinburgh to the city during his royal progress around Australia before moving on to become manager of the Sydney Photographic Company.
Name
Alexander Smithers
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Death date
1899
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1866 - c.1885
Residence
  • c.1871 Hunter Street, Newcastle, New South Wales
  • c.1866 Hume Street, Newcastle, New South Wales
  • c.1882 - c.1885 Ballina, NSW
  • c.1875 - c.1880 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1860 - c.1872 Newcastle, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870