Thomas Glaister b. 1825

Also known as Thomas Skelton Glaister
  • Artist (Photographer)
Keeping abreast of all the latest photographic inventions from the United States, Glaister's photographs were expensive but advertised as guaranteed never to fade.

Citations

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

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

  • Ennis, H. (2000), 'Mirror with a Memory’, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT.

  • Holden, R. (1988), 'Photography in Colonial Australia: The Mechanical Eye and the Illustrated Book’, Potts Point, New South Wales.

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

  • (1989), 'Masterpieces of Australian Photography’, Josef Lebovic Gallery catalogue, Paddington, New South Wales, June.

  • (1857), Magazine of Science and Art, Sydney, vol. 1.

  • Information sourced from Chapman, W.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

Initial data sources

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