Alexander Fox b. 1828

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Photographer)
A professional photographer, he produced the first known photographic record of early Bendigo but later sought to change his financial fortunes by painting. In 1868 he went America and died in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1882.

Citations

  • Davies, Alan & Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Fox, L. (1985), 'E. Phillips Fox and his Family’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Glover, A. (1980), 'Victorian Treasures from the La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Mahood, M. (1973), 'The Loaded Line: Australian Political Caricature 1788-1901’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Newton, G. (1988), 'Shades of Light’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Vahland, W.C. (1904), 'A History of Freemasonry in the Bendigo District’, Bendigo, Vic.

  • (1862), 'Melbourne Trade Directory’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1867), 'Official Post Office Directory of Victoria’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1858), Sandhurst Almanac, Sandhurst (Bendigo), Vic.

  • (1866), Illustrated Melbourne Post, August 20.

  • (1868), Sydney Morning Herald, January 23.

  • (1856), Bendigo Advertiser, September 9.

  • (1867), 'Melbourne Post Office Directory’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Carl Mautz (1997) _Biographies of Western Photographer_s, Nevada City, California: Carl Mautz publishing, p. 101.

  • Robert S. Olpin, William C. Seifrit and Vern G. Swanson (1999), Artists of Utah, Gibbs-Smith, Salt Lake City, p. 102.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870