Oswald H. Allen

  • Artist (Photographer)
Professional photographer in Sydney, NSW. Allen was the wife of photographic artist Eliza Allen, both of whom worked for a time with fellow photographer Edwin Dalton. The Allen's later set up a formal partnership and together they exhibited at the Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition in 1870 and the London International Exhibition in 1871.

Citations

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

  • (1873), Sydney Mail, 04-26.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.

  • (1867), 'Sands Sydney Directory’, Sydney, NSW.

Initial data sources

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