Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Beattie's Studios
Parallel form(s) of name
- J. W. Beattie
- Beattie's Proprietary Limited
Description area
Dates of existence
1891-
History
Beattie’s Studio is a photographic business founded by Scotsman John Watt Beattie, known professionally as J.W.Beattie (1859-1930), who began exhibiting photographs soon after his arrival in Tasmania in 1878.
Control area
Authority record identifier
C2018/1
Sources
Long, C. (1995). Tasmanian photographers, 1840-1940: a directory (edited by Gillian Winter). Hobart, Tas.: Tasmanian Historical Research Association-Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.