John Mathieson Sharp b. 1823

  • Artist (Photographer)
John Mathieson Sharp was a professional photographer as well as a dentist. He had a photographic partnership with Frederick Frith. Many of their photographs were of Tasmanian politicians. By the mid 1860s, though, he appears to have abandoned photography.
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associate of
Walter Dickenson
Artist (Photographer)
associate of
Frederick Frith
1819
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Walter Bentley Woodbury
1834
Artist (Photographer)
associate of
Alfred Abbott
1838
Artist (Photographer)
associate of
Alfred Bock
1835
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Hugh Munro Hull
1818
Artist (Photographer)
associate of
Charles Abbott
1824
Artist (Photographer)
associate of
Bishop F. R. Nixon
Other occupation
associate of
W. P. Dowling
Other occupation
associate of
William Paul Dowling
1823
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist, Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)

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