David Archer

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Photographer)
Painter and photographic colourist who worked at Colac, Victoria, between 1866 and 1868. Archer advertised his skills as a photographic and miniature painter who would colour cartes-de-visite at moderate cost.

Citations

  • (1868), 'Balliere’s Official Post Office Directory of Victoria’.

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

  • Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.

Initial data sources

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