Henry Button b. 22 March 1829

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Colonial photographer connected to the artist John Glover through his wife, he published two albums containing some reproductions of his photographs, Memories of Fifty Years of Courtship and Wedded Life and Flotsam and Jetsam. As a proprietor of the newspaper Launceston Examiner he was also active in the field of sciences and mechanics in his community.
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  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related works
  • photographic portraits of his family (creator of)
  • set of stereo views of St Patrick's River and the Launceston waterworks (creator of)
  • 9 x 5 inch (23 x 13 cm) photograph of the newly built Launceston Public Buildings (creator of)
  • 9 x 5 inch (23 x 13 cm) photograph of the newly built Launceston Public Buildings (creator of)
  • set of stereo views of St Patrick's River and the Launceston waterworks (creator of)
  • photographic portraits of his family (creator of)