William Henry Caster | [stub] |
amateur photographer and singer, was a baritone in the touring American Christy Minstrels troupe which visited Sydney in February 1865. Reviewing a performance, the Sydney Morning Herald noted that Caster's singing of My Lily, Dear drew 'prolonged applause'. The Christy Minstrels' Sydney season included a 'new sketch' called The Photographic Studio, a title which proved bitterly apposite. Suffering the delusion that he had been plotted against and accused of stealing a locket, Caster committed suicide on Saturday afternoon, 11 March, by drinking a bottle of prussic acid from his personal laboratory of photographic chemicals. It is not known if he put his photographic expertise to more conventional use while in the colony.
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Gender: | Male |
Period active: | Dates:c. 1865 - 1865 |
Death: | Date:1865-03-11Place:Sydney, NSW |
Medium: | Photography |
Artwork: | Title:The Photographic StudioDate:c. 1865Note:American Christy Minstrels troupe (comedy) 'sketch'. |
Associated organisation: | American Christy Minstrels troupe Note:Baritone. |
Residence: | Dates:1865-02 - 1865-03Place:Sydney, NSW |
Other occupation: | Singer |
Biographer: | Staff Writer |
Source of info: | The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870 |
Date written: | Date:1992 |
Reference: | Year:1865-03-21Published:Sydney, NSW : Sydney Morning Herald |
Reference: | Year:1865-02-23Published:Sydney, NSW : Sydney Morning Herald |
Reference: | Year:1865-02-25Published:Sydney, NSW : Sydney Morning Herald |
Reference: | Author:Lennon, JanePublished:Information sourced from |
Summary: | Amateur photographer and singer in American Christy Minstrels troupe. Visited Sydney in 1865. |