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Townsend Duryea (1823 – 13 December 1888) and his brother Sanford Duryea (1833 – 1902, see below) were American-born photographers who provided South Australians with invaluable images of life in the early Colony. Their parents were Ann Bennett Duryea (1795–1882),〔〔 This reference while useful, contains several errors which have been repeated elsewhere: Alexander McDonald for Archibald, Glencoe for (probably) Glen Cove, Hewlet for Hewlett, and Granthaven for (possibly) Grand Haven.〕 and Hewlett K. Duryea (1794–1887), a land agent, possibly a member of the family well known for starch manufacture in Glen Cove (often reported as "Glencoe"), Long Island, in New York City. ==Melbourne== Townsend arrived in Melbourne in 1852 at the time of the gold rush, but may have despaired of striking it rich, as around September 1853 he set up a partnership with Archibald McDonald as "Duryea and Macdonald, Daguerrean Artists" at 3 and 5 Bourke St, East〔 Note the spelling "Macdonald" in all publicity.〕 and sold their mining equipment. By September 1854 they had opened studios at 9 Collins St West and advertised their offices at 5 Bourke Street to let.〔http://photo-web.com.au/duryea/research.htm〕〔http://www.daao.org.au/bio/archibald-mcdonald/〕 Sanford followed his brother to Australia in 1854.〔http://members.optusnet.com.au/~msafier/vicphoto/geelong.html〕 In 1854 they opened a studio in Geelong and one in Hobart at 46 Liverpool Street 11 December 1854, and exhibited that same year in the Melbourne Exhibition. Their partnership was dissolved January 1855〔 Sanford spelled as "Sandford"〕 and Duryea was in Adelaide late that month, but the Liverpool Street, Hobart business was still advertising as "Duryea and Macdonald" in April, when Duryea's Adelaide studio was opened. It was in August, at his new Launceston studio, that McDonald began advertising as "Macdonald and Co,". The Bourke Street business was taken over by Dr. Thomas A. Hill and subsequently by the firm of Scott, Johnstone, & O'Shannessy〔 Hill, a friend of Richard Hengist Horne and correspondent of Charles Dickens is himself an interesting subject.〕 (by 1873 known as Johnstone, O'Shannassy, & Co., who were represented in Adelaide by the Melbourne Photographic Company at 16 Rundle Street). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Townsend Duryea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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