Peter Laurie Reid

  • Artist (Photographer)
Peter Laurie Reid, professional portrait and travel photographer first set up his photographic business of P.L. Reid & Co., in 1864, Hobart. His partner, Matthew Patrick Dowling left on unfriendly terms and subsequently conducted a bitter debate in the Hobart Town press.
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Name
Peter Laurie Reid
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Active Period
  • c.1878
  • 1867 - 1878
  • 1864 - 1867
Residence
  • c.1878 Latrobe, near Devonport, Tas.
  • 1867 - 1878 Launceston, Tas.
  • 1866 - 1867 172 Elizabeth Street, Hobart, Tas.
  • 1862 - 1866 44 Murray St, Hobart, Tas.
  • 1852 - 1862 172 Elizabeth Street, Hobart, Tas.
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Davies, Alan & Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Ennis, Helen (2000), 'Mirror with a Memory', National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: (8 April 1862), Mercury, (Hobart, Tas.).>, <ExternalResource: (14 June 1862), Mercury, Hobart.>, <ExternalResource: (3 August 1866), Tasmanian Morning Herald.>, <ExternalResource: Stilwell, G. T., Newspaper references from.>]