H. Davis

  • Artist (Photographer)
Professional photographer, worked for the Adelaide Photographic Company 1865 to 1878.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
H. Davis
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Residence
  • c.1865- c.1878 Neale's Buildings, King William Street, Adelaide, South Australia
  • 1864- 1865 Melbourne, Victoria
Other Occupation
  • professional photographer
Active Period
  • 1864- 1878
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

professional photographer, worked at Batchelder & O’Neill 's Melbourne studios in 1864-65, then moved to Adelaide. From 1865 he worked for the Adelaide Photographic Company in Neale’s Buildings, King William Street, under Fraser S. Crawford . In 1868 Davis succeeded Crawford as manager of the company’s Adelaide studios. He was in charge when the studio was burnt out early in 1871 and 'all the valuable instruments and a large stock of negatives were destroyed. They were uninsured.’ Nevertheless, the firm continued with Davis as manager until 1878. Then his wife or widow, Mary Jane Davis , succeeded him.

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Fraser S. Crawford
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Batchelder
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
O'Neill
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
spouse of
Mary Jane Davis
Artist (Photographer)
associate of
John A. Upton
1850
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)
Citations:
  • Davies, Alan and Stanbury, Peter, (1985), The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900, (Place: Melbourne, Victoria)