Henry Tolman Dwight b. c.1823

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Henry Tolman Dwight was a professional photographer, bookseller and publisher. In 1858 he advertised in Melbourne Directory as a 'Daguerrean and Photographic artist'. Dwight exhibited at the Geelong Mechanics Institute in 1869. He died at his bookshop in 1871.
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Name
Henry Tolman Dwight
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • publisher (ANZSIC code: J)
  • bookseller (ANZSIC code: 42)
Birth date
c.1823
Birth place
UK
Death date
13 June 1871
Death place
234 Bourke Street West, Melbourne, Vic
Active Period
  • c.1858 - c.1870
Arrival
  • c.1855
Residence
  • 234 Bourke Street West, Melbourne, Victoria
  • Melbourne, Victoria
  • London, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: (1853), 'Melbourne Directory'.>, <ExternalResource: McLaren, I.F. (1972), 'Henry Tolman Dwight, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 4, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward', Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: Davies, Alan and Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900', Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: 'Old Melbourne, newscuttings', Sydney: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Callaway, A.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Forde, J. M.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Thomson, J.>] [<ExternalResource: (1853), 'Melbourne Directory'.>]