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Thomas Foster Chuck and Son

Biography

Thomas Foster Chuck (c. 1826-1898) specialised in photographing well-known colonists, many of whom featured amongst the 700 photographs in his huge mosaic The Explorers and Early Colonists of Victoria.

1 portrait in the collection

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Thomas Foster Chuck

Biography

Thomas Foster Chuck (1826-1898), photographer and entrepreneur, was born in London and arrived in Victoria in 1861.

4 portraits in the collection

The Burke and Wills Monument
The Burke and Wills Monument
The Burke and Wills Monument
Thomas Foster Chuck

The Burke and Wills Monument, 1869

Portrait, albumen paper photograph on carte de visite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001

The Explorers & Early Colonists of Victoria
The Explorers & Early Colonists of Victoria
The Explorers & Early Colonists of Victoria
Thomas Foster Chuck

The Explorers & Early Colonists of Victoria, 1872

Portrait, composite albumen photograph on paper

Purchased 2018

Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and his wife Theresa
Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and his wife Theresa
Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and his wife Theresa
an unknown artist, Thomas Wharton

Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and his wife Theresa, c. 1847

Portrait, daguerreotype in a pinchbeck case

Purchased 2001

Bishop James Moore
Bishop James Moore
Bishop James Moore
Thomas Foster Chuck

Bishop James Moore, c. 1888-1889

Portrait, carte de visite photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Sir Edward Eyre Williams
Sir Edward Eyre Williams
Sir Edward Eyre Williams
Thomas Foster Chuck

Sir Edward Eyre Williams, 1872

Portrait, albumen silver photograph, hand coloured on paper

Gift of Ross and Judy O'Connell 2016

Dr James Moorhouse
Dr James Moorhouse
Dr James Moorhouse
Thomas Foster Chuck and Son

Dr James Moorhouse, 1878-1879

Portrait, carte de visite photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Daniel Thomas
Daniel Thomas
Daniel Thomas
Judy Cassab AO CBE

Daniel Thomas, 1987

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mr Peter Kampfner 2013
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Major Thomas Lord
Major Thomas Lord
Major Thomas Lord
Henry Mundy

Major Thomas Lord, c. 1840

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2015

Andy Thomas
Andy Thomas
Andy Thomas
Montalbetti + Campbell

Andy Thomas, 2002

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Commissioned with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2002

Thomas Woolner
Thomas Woolner
Thomas Woolner
an unknown artist

Thomas Woolner, c. 1865

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009

Reverend Thomas Buddle
Reverend Thomas Buddle
Reverend Thomas Buddle
Batchelder & O'Neill

Reverend Thomas Buddle, 1863

Portrait, carte de visite photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane
General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane
General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane
James Faed, W Wilding after John Watson Gordon

General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1850 (published)

Portrait, mezzotint on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Ross A Field 2008

Thomas White, midshipman
Thomas White, midshipman
Thomas White, midshipman
John Kay

Thomas White, midshipman, c. 1838

Portrait, etching on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Thomas and John Clarke, bushrangers, photographed in Braidwood Gaol
Thomas and John Clarke, bushrangers, photographed in Braidwood Gaol
Thomas and John Clarke, bushrangers, photographed in Braidwood Gaol
an unknown artist

Thomas and John Clarke, bushrangers, photographed in Braidwood Gaol, 1867

Portrait, albumen silver photograph on laid down on a section cut from a nineteenth century album page

Purchased 2019

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