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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Citations

  • Davies, Alan & Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Ennis, Helen (2000), 'Mirror with a Memory’, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT.

  • (8 April 1862), Mercury, (Hobart, Tas.).

  • (14 June 1862), Mercury, Hobart.

  • (3 August 1866), Tasmanian Morning Herald.

  • Stilwell, G. T., Newspaper references from.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related collections
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)