Agency:
Stephen Spurling II (Photographer)
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1847
End Date:
31 Dec 1924
Description:
Stephen Spurling II worked as a photographer in Launceston, initially as a branch of his father's Hobart studio (established by Spurling I in the 1860s), but in his own right from 1875. It is claimed he was the first photographer in Tasmania to use dry plates. He did both landscape and portrait work.
Information Sources:
Chris Long, 'Tasmanian Photographers 1840-1995', p.106-107; Christine Burgess, 'The Spurling legacy and the emergence of wilderness photography in Tasmania', PhD thesis, University of Tasmania, 2010
Series Created By Agency:
| LPIC71 Panorama of Launceston | 01 Jan 1881 | 31 Dec 1881 |
| LPIC119 Copy of Photographic Panorama of Launceston from the Firebell Tower | 01 Jan 1885 | 30 Dec 1885 |
| NS4360 Photographs collected by Arnold Cecil Coleman | 01 Jul 1890 |
| NS7231 Miniature Photograph Sets | 01 Jan 1900 |
| LPIC53 Photograph of Mayor and Staff, Town Hall, Launceston | 01 Jan 1906 | 31 Dec 1906 |
| LPIC90 Photograph - Opening of J. C Hutton's Bacon Factory | 16 Dec 1908 | 16 Dec 1908 |