B. George Fairman

  • Artist (Photographer)
B. George Fairman, who opened a studio in Launceston in the late 1860s, appears to have been a society photographer, since his stock-in-trade was the carte-de-visite portrait photograph.
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professional photographer, was working in Victoria in the early 1860s. In July 1863 he advertised in the McIvor News that a 'Correct Portrait’ could be obtained from his Photographic Rooms at Heathcote for 1s, while 'Superior Carte-de-Visite Portraits’ cost 12s 6d for six or £1 for twelve. Fairman had moved to Tasmania by the late 1860s and opened a studio in Charles Street, Launceston. Tasmanian carte-de-visite portrait photographs are held at the Devonport Gallery and Art Centre and in the Archives Office of Tasmania.

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Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011

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References [<ExternalResource: Randell, J.O. (1985), 'McIvor', Burwood, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Long, C., 'Tasmania - the first photographs', Manuscript.>, <ExternalResource: (1863), McIvor News, July.>]