painter, amateur photographer, architect and Independent (Congregational) clergyman, had an oil painting, Cataract Gorge Punt , attributed to him when it was shown in the Launceston Antique and Art Exhibition in 1931. Rev. C. Price has also been credited with taking photographs at Launceston in the late 1840s. In 1842 he delivered the first lecture given at the Launceston Mechanics Institute; the following year Dr Udny was lecturing there. Price could have acquired the calotype camera Udny was offering for sale at Launceston a short time later, except that Price’s biographer, Rev. J. Fenton, stated that Price took 'daguerreotypes’ (possibly a generic term). No examples are known.

In 1848 Price designed and erected the brick Congregational Wycliffe Chapel in Vincent Street, Launceston at his own expense (extant: part of an electrical workshop). His portrait in Fenton’s biography was lithographed by Ludwig Lang .

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Writers:

Staff Writer
Fenton, J. (Rev)

Date written:

1992

Last updated:

2011