tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post428745550751123912..comments2024-03-27T18:12:30.318-07:00Comments on Early New Zealand Photographers: BRADLEY, George WilliamEarly Canterbury Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07339666224265735452noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post-26672880836637880162015-06-01T21:12:41.564-07:002015-06-01T21:12:41.564-07:00This might be the same person. John Bradley was a ...This might be the same person. John Bradley was a part-time photographer and ran a successful house decoration business from Colombo street in the 1890s from which emerged the well-known Christchurch stained Glass company Bradley Bros around 1909.<br />Bradley family lore has it that van der Velden swapped a drawing as part payment for art supplies from John Bradley.<br /><br />http://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/blog/bunker-notes/2014/03/13/norwestern-sky/<br />http://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/blog/collection-articles/2014/07/23/norwestern-sky-by-petrus-van-der-velden/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post-79625115844830313292010-08-23T05:59:51.077-07:002010-08-23T05:59:51.077-07:00What a great scoop to find this image. of course p...What a great scoop to find this image. of course photographers often styled themselves as "photo artists" and many artists took photos and then used them as the basis or background for a painted portrait much like copying or tracing the image.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com