Samuel White Sweet b. 1 May 1825

  • Artist (Photographer)
Colonial photographer and master mariner, awarded a silver medal for his photographs at the Calcutta International Exhibition in 1885. His photographic career included some unusual and rare shots in Australian photographic history such as the settlement at Port Darwin, the Point Macleay Station which was used as the front piece of Rev. G. Taplin's book, Narrinyeri and views of the outback and rem
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Citations

  • Robertson, E. (December 1950), 'Captain Sweet: A South Australian photographer’, Australasian Photo Review, .

Initial data sources

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

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  • Hamley (Colonel) (associate of)
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  • Sweet, Elizabeth (spouse of)
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  • Gibson, William (associate of)
  • Goyder, George (associate of)
  • Johnson, Charles E. (associate of)
Related works
  • (Adelaide Arcade) (creator of)
  • (Outback and remote homesteads of South Australia) (creator of)
  • (Frontispiece for the Rev. G. Taplin's book on the "Narrinyeri") (creator of)
  • (Three figures leaning on a wagon; J.A.G. Little, R.C.Patterson, Charles Todd & A.J. Mitchell at Roper River) (creator of)
  • (Official ceremony of the planting of the first telegraph pole at Port Darwin) (creator of)
  • (Members of the Overland Telegraph party in front of the jetty, the supplies and the ship, with the river and bush in the background) (creator of)
  • (Port Darwin settlement) (creator of)
  • (Roper River settlement) (creator of)
  • (Sir William Manning's house, Wallaroy, Woollahra) (creator of)
  • (Fig-tree near Brisbane River) (creator of)
Related collections
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Mortlock Library of South Australiana, State Library of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
Related events
  • Calcutta International Exhibition (exhibited at)