Edward J. James

Also known as Brothers James (Presumed to be one of the James Brothers.)
  • Artist (Photographer)
Professional photographer, exhibited a photograph of Back Creek, near Bendigo, at the 1861 Victorian Exhibition, Melbourne. He may have been one of the James Brothers.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
Edward J. James
Also known as Brothers James (Presumed to be one of the James Brothers.)
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Residence
  • c.1867- Braidwood, NSW
  • 1861- 1867 Back Creek, near Bendigo, Vic.
Active Period
  • c.1850- c.1867
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

professional photographer, exhibited a photograph of Back Creek, near Bendigo, at the 1861 Victorian Exhibition, Melbourne, giving Back Creek as his address. He seems to be the photographer 'James’ who was working at Bendigo from the 1850s, first with 'Johnstone’ (probably Charles Johnson ) then in partnership with Christian Ludwig Qwist in 1859. By 1867 he appears to have been working as a photographer at Braidwood, New South Wales. He may have been one of the James Brothers .

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Charles E. Johnson
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Photographer)
associate of
Christian Ludwig Qwist
1818
Artist (Industrial / Product Designer), Artist (Photographer)
associate of
James Brothers
Artist (Photographer)
associate of
George W. Oxley
Artist (Photographer)
(Back Creek)
Date
1861
Victorian Exhibition
1861
Exhibition ()
Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Vic.
Citations:
  • Davies, Alan; & Stanbury, Peter, (1985), The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900, (Place: Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Vic.)