John Hood b. c.1839

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter and professional photographer, was born in England and arrived in Adelaide in 1863 as an indentured employee of Townsend Duryea. Later he ran his own studios in both Adelaide and Sydney.

Citations

  • 'The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia’, Hood worked on the book as a photographer and engraver.

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

  • Cato, J. (1955), 'The Story of the Camera in Australia’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, 2 vols, (facsimile reprint, 1980).

Initial data sources

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