Morton Allport b. 4 December 1830

Also known as Paul Ricochet
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter and amateur photographer. Allport appears to have made the first photographic expedition to the Lake St Clair region in Tasmania, exhibiting the stereoscopic photographs he took at the 1862-63 Hobart Town Art Treasures and Industries Exhibition.
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associate of
John Skinner Prout
1805
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Charles Abbott
1824
Artist (Photographer)
associate of
Samuel Calvert
1828
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
child of
Mary Morton Allport
1806
Artist, Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
parent of
Curzona Frances Louise Allport
1860
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
Known as Lily
associate of
Alfred Abbott
1838
Artist (Photographer)
associate of
Mary Morton Allport
1806
Artist, Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
child of
Joseph Allport
Other occupation
spouse of
née Ritchie Elizabeth Allport
Other occupation
associate of
Louisa Anne Meredith
Other occupation
relative of
Lieutenant Thomas Ritchie
Other occupation
relative of
Alice Allport
1830
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
parent of
Curzona Frances Louise Allport
1830
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
child of
Mary Morton Allport
1830
Artist, Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
parent of
Curzona Frances Louise Allport
1830
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Thomas Gregson
1830
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Francis Frederick Hutton
1830
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Paul Ricochet
1830
Artist (Photographer)
associate of
R. Wigmore
1830
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Florence Elizabeth Williams
1830
Artist (Painter)

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References [<ExternalResource: (1863), 'Morton Allport's letter to Curzon about his 1863 trip', State Library of Tasmania, Tas., copy.>, <ExternalResource: Stilwell, G.T. (c.1969), 'Morton Allport', Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vol 3, Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Davies, Alan and Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Artists', 2nd edn, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Newton, G. (1988), 'Shades of Light', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Willis, A-M. (1988), 'Picturing Australia: A History of Photography', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: (1863), Hobart Intelligencer, March.>, <ExternalResource: Long, C., 'Tasmania - the first photographs', manuscript.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.>, <ExternalResource: Winter, Gillian (2000), ''First Views': Morton Allport's Lake St Clair Photographs - 1863', Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania. Hobart, (April-August).>] [<ExternalResource: (1863), 'Morton Allport's letter to Curzon about his 1863 trip', State Library of Tasmania, Tas., copy.>]