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Reverend Daniel Draper, c. 1866
Fredrick Charles Burman after John Cochran
Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite
Purchased 2010
William Burman
Biography
William Insull Burman came to Victoria in 1853 and worked as a painter and decorator before establishing his own photography business in Carlton in about 1863.
1 portrait in the collection
Arthur William Burman
Biography
Arthur William Burman was one of the nine children of photographer William Insull Burman (1814-1890), who came to Victoria in 1853.
2 portraits in the collection
Gustavus Brooke, c. 1865
Burman and Son
Portrait, albumen silver carte de visite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Chinese giant Chonkwicsee and companion, 1876
Arthur William Burman
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
At the Pantechnetheca, Exhibition, Eastern Arcade, Dominick Sonsee, the smallest man in the world, c. 1880
William Burman
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014
Clara Crosbie, c. 1885
Arthur William Burman
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Gift of John McPhee 2018
Thomas Pearce, c. 1878
The Photographic Society of Victoria, Melbourne
Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite on card
Purchased 2010
Sideshow Alley
Infamy, the macabre & the portrait
Previous exhibition, 2015
Death masks, post-mortem drawings and other spooky and disquieting portraits... Come and see how portraits of infamous Australians were used in the 19th century.