H. Walter Barnett b. 25 January 1862

  • Artist (Photographer)
A professional photographer working in Australia and Europe in the late nineteenth, early twentieth century, Barnett was arguably Australia's first world-class portrait photographer. His sitters included Mark Twain, Sarah Bernhardt and many artistic Australians - Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and Phil May among them.
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Citations

  • Ennis, Helen (2000), 'Mirror with a memory’, National Portrait Gallery catalogue, Canberra, ACT.

  • Neill, Robert (2000), 'Legends: The art of Walter Barnett’, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT.

  • (2000), '“Better portraits than those of any painter” : Walter Barnett and his circle’, World of Art and Antiques, 60th edition, Dec 2000 – Jun 2001, pp. 40-45.

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  • Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA (collected in)
  • Musee Rodin, Paris, France (collected in)
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA (collected in)
  • Musee Rodin, Paris, France (collected in)
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)