Alexander Fox b. 1830

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Photographer)
A professional photographer, he produced the first known photographic record of early Bendigo but later sought to change his financial fortunes by painting. He disappeared after 1868, possibly lost at sea.
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Citations

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

  • Fox, L. (1985), 'E. Phillips Fox and his Family’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Glover, A. (1980), 'Victorian Treasures from the La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Mahood, M. (1973), 'The Loaded Line: Australian Political Caricature 1788-1901’, Melbourne, Vic.

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

  • Vahland, W.C. (1904), 'A History of Freemasonry in the Bendigo District’, Bendigo, Vic.

  • (1862), 'Melbourne Trade Directory’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1867), 'Official Post Office Directory of Victoria’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1858), Sandhurst Almanac, Sandhurst (Bendigo), Vic.

  • (1866), Illustrated Melbourne Post, August 20.

  • (1868), Sydney Morning Herald, January 23.

  • (1856), Bendigo Advertiser, September 9.

  • (1867), 'Melbourne Post Office Directory’, Melbourne, Vic.

Initial data sources

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

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Related collections
  • Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)