Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, tragedian, between 1855-1865 / Milligan Bros., Richard Burton and F.C. Burman

fonds

between 1855-1865

Graphic Materials, Photographs

446611

Photographs - 10 x 6 cm. approx. - 3 cartes de visite

For details of Brooke's life and career, see: Entertaining Australia : an illustrated history / Katharine Brisbane (ed.). Sydney : Currency Press, 1991 (pp. 42,54-55)

Photographer's stamps -- on the reverse
The Milligan Bros carte published in: Entertaining Australia : an illustrated history / Katharine Brisbane (ed.). Sydney : Currency Press, 1991 (p.55)
Dated from the photographers' details in: Australians behind the camera : early Australian photographers / Sandy Barrie. Sydney South : S. Barrie, c1992)
[Although Brooke was in Australia 1855-1861, the photographer's dates suggest these portraits were taken for his 1865 return, which never eventuated as his ship sank and he was drowned]

G.V. Brooke as / Sir Giles [unreadable] / Taken in Dublin shortly before leaving for Australia -- on the reverse of the Richard Burton carte