Alexander Fox b. 1830

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Photographer)
A professional photographer, he produced the first known photographic record of early Bendigo but later sought to change his financial fortunes by painting. He disappeared after 1868, possibly lost at sea.
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Name
Alexander Fox
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • Proprietor of a photographic gallery (ANZSIC code: 6991)
Birth date
1830
Birth place
Norwich, England, UK
Death date
c.1870
Active Period
  • 1856 - 1868
Arrival
  • c.1852 (Melbourne, Vic.)
Residence
  • c.1867 - c.1868 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW
  • c.1866 - c.1867 Collins Street East, Melbourne, Vic.
  • Swanston Street, Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1862- Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1859- Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1858 - c.1859 View Point, Bendigo, Vic.
  • 1856 - 1858 Bridge Street, Sandhurst (Bendigo), Vic.
Cultural Heritage
  • Prussian (Polish)
  • Jewish
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Davies, Alan & Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Fox, L. (1985), 'E. Phillips Fox and his Family', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Glover, A. (1980), 'Victorian Treasures from the La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Mahood, M. (1973), 'The Loaded Line: Australian Political Caricature 1788-1901', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Newton, G. (1988), 'Shades of Light', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Vahland, W.C. (1904), 'A History of Freemasonry in the Bendigo District', Bendigo, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: (1862), 'Melbourne Trade Directory', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: (1867), 'Official Post Office Directory of Victoria', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: (1858), Sandhurst Almanac, Sandhurst (Bendigo), Vic.>, <ExternalResource: (1866), Illustrated Melbourne Post, August 20.>, <ExternalResource: (1868), Sydney Morning Herald, January 23.>, <ExternalResource: (1856), Bendigo Advertiser, September 9.>, <ExternalResource: (1867), 'Melbourne Post Office Directory', Melbourne, Vic.>]