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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creator of
Two Frames [of] Colored Portraits
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creator of
(Scottish scenery)
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creator of
The Sculptor's Studio
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From the series Photographs of our Village.

 
creator of
Giving It an Edge
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From the series Photographs of our Village.

 
creator of
The Conference
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From the series Photographs of our Village.

 
creator of
The Politicians
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From the series Photographs of our Village.

 
creator of
At Work or Play?
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From the series Photographs of our Village.

 
creator of
An Old Colonist's (the Artist's) Retreat
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From the series Photographs of our Village.

 
creator of
The Aged and the Maimed
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From the series Photographs of our Village.

 

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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.>]