Perez Mann Batchelder b. 1818

Also known as Perez Bachelder, P. M. Batchelder
  • Artist (Photographer)
The eldest of the Batchelder brothers, Perez was undoubtedly instrumental in prompting his siblings to emigrate to Australia, arriving as he did several years before the others. A successful professional photographer, Batchelder was in partnership with his brothers briefly before joining forces with Daniel O'Neill.

Citations

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

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

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

  • Rudisill, R. (1971), 'Mirror Image: The Influence of the Daguerreotype on American Society’, Albuquerque, USA.

  • Tanre, C. et al. (1977), 'The Mechanical Eye’, Sydney, NSW.

  • 'W. Woodbury Papers’, Royal Photographic Society, Bath, UK.

  • Johnson, W. S. (1990), 'Nineteenth-Century Photography: An annotated Bibliography 1839-1879’, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Initial data sources

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