A. V. Smith

  • Artist (Photographer)
Professional photographer and miner, ran a photographic business in the 1850s, acquiring Saul Solomon's reputed collection of 17,000 glass plate negatives in the process. Smith and his brother produced a series of local shots under the title 'Photographs of our village' for the Ballarat Mechanics Institute Exhibition in 1869.
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Ballarat Mechanics Institute exhibition
Date
1869
Place
Ballarat, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition
Date
1866
Place
Public Library Building, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Ballarat Mechanics Institute Exhibition
Date
1863
Place
Ballarat, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition

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References [<ExternalResource: Davies, Alan; & Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900', Melbourne, VIC : Oxford Uniiversity Press.>, <ExternalResource: Webber, K., 'Photographers in Ballarat and environs', (Manuscript).>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Fox, Paul.>]