Charles Nettleton b. c.1825

  • Artist (Photographer)
A professional photographer, he is generally regarded as the major photographic recorder of Melbourne's growth from settlement to great city. Working as the official photographer to the Victorian government and to the City of Melbourne Corporation, Nettleton's most famous photograph is a portrait of Ned Kelly taken the day before he was hanged.
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Citations

  • Nettleton, Charles (1868), 'Melbourne Illustrated by Photographs’.

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

See also

  • 'Charles Nettleton, Volunteer Fire Brigade, Ballarat East c. 1865, albumen silver photograph, 23 x 26.3cm, in an album assembled 1860s. Australian National Gallery.'.

Initial data sources

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

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