George Cobley

  • Artist (Photographer) , (Draughtsman)
Sketcher and professional photographer. In partnership with Carl Ebye at Glenn Innes, NSW in 1867.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
George Cobley
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Residence
  • c.1867 Glen Innes, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1855- c.1867
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

sketcher and professional photographer, painted watercolour views of northern New South Wales, probably in the late 1850s (NLA). In 1867 he and Carl Ebye were partners in a photography business at Glen Innes, Cobley presumably as the firm’s colourist.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Carl Ebye
Artist (Photographer)
(Views of northern New South Wales)
Date
1855
Watercolours
Collections
Citations:
  • Campbell, J., (1983), Australian Watercolour Painters, (Place: Adelaide, SA)
  • Davies, Alan; and Stanbury, Peter, (1985), The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900, (Place: Melbourne, Vic : Oxford University Press)