Edward Ward b. 17 August 1823

Also known as Edward Wolstenholme Ward
  • Artist (Photographer)
Deputy Master of the Royal Mint in both Sydney and later Melbourne. Practiced wet-plate (collodion) photography. Exhibited at the second photographic conversazione of the Philosophical Society of New South Wales in December 1859 with other Sydney photographers.
Name
Edward Ward
Also known as Edward Wolstenholme Ward
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • commissioner of the railways (ANZSIC code: 75)
  • deputy master of the Royal Mint (ANZSIC code: 7510)
  • military engineer (ANZSIC code: 7600)
Birth date
17 August 1823
Birth place
Calcutta, India
Death date
5 February 1890
Death place
Cannes, France
Active Period
  • c.1859 - c.1861
Arrival
  • 22 October 1854 (Arrived Sydney in vessel 'Calcutta')
Residence
  • 1869 - 1876 Melbourne, VIC
  • 1854 - 1866 Sydney, New South Wales
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870