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Henry King (photographer)

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King's career as a photographer began in the Sydney studio of J. Hubert Newman. From 1880 King had his owned studio, initially in partnership with William Slade, at 316 George Street Sydney. Between 1889 and 1894 King travelled widely in New South Wales and Queensland, making many photographic
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In later years he turned to landscape photography, using the dry-plate technique, and produced a great many scenic views of Sydney. He also photographed notable views around New South Wales, including scenes of
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at Chicago in 1893, receiving a bronze medal. King also printed and exhibited in Chicago many photographs from negatives taken by Reverend W.G. Lawes of people and scenes photographed in
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studies of Aboriginal Australians. These were generally half-length portraits, against a painted backdrop. King exhibited some of these portraits at the
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King died on 22 May 1923 aged 68, leaving his wife, a son and three daughters. He was buried at
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After King's death, many of his glass negatives were purchased by J. R. Tyrrell and passed to
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1975, the Australian Centre for Photography held an exhibition of his Aboriginal portraits
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Obituary in Australasian photo-review, Vol. 30 No. 10 (15 October 1923) pp523 via Trove
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holds a collection of his photographs and 1,300 glass negatives.
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Sydney, Australia, Cemetery Headstone Transcriptions, 1837–2003
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Photographic Collection, State Library of New South Wales
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His work was commissioned and exhibited by both the
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Australian Aboriginal
Sydney
Swanage
World Columbian Exposition
New Guinea
Jenolan Caves
Waverley Cemetery
Consolidated Press Holdings
Powerhouse Museum

St James' Church, Sydney
Powerhouse Museum
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Powerhouse Museum
National Library of Australia
Photography in Australia
Cinema of Australia
John Watt Beattie
William Bland
Jeff Carter (photographer)
Maggie Diaz
Ken G. Hall
Frank Hurley
Charles Kerry
David Perry (Australian filmmaker)
Ruby Spowart
Mark Strizic

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