George Henry Kendall b. 1 January 1840

  • Professional Photographer
A professional photographer and noted baritone singer, Kendall worked in rural Victoria and based with permanent studio in Echuca from circa 1867-1890 and latterly at Cobram from the 1890s combining roles at hotel keeper and photographer. He ran an art union using his own views and in 1872 published an album of prints and portraits entitled 'Echuca Illustrated'. In 1873 he acquired Charles Bayliss's negatives of Echuca.
Name
George Henry Kendall
Gender
Male
Roles
Other Occupation
  • Professional photographer (ANZSIC code: 6991) c.1867 - c.1900 Victoria
Birth date
1 January 1840
Death date
6 August 1905
Death place
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Active Period
  • c.1866 - c.1888
Residence
  • c.1866 - c.1890-1899 Echuca, Vic.
  • c.1885 - c.1889 Shepparton, Vic. ( Sandy Barrie lists Kendall in Shepparton in teh late 1880s but there appears to be no evidence he had left Echuca )
  • c.1895 - 1905 Cobram, Victoria, Australia (By 1895 Kendall was the proprietor of the Cobram Hotel while offerring photographic services by visiting photographers and continuing with making views. He became proprietor of the Commercial Hotel, Cobram in 1902)
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870