Dates

• Existence: fl. 1860 - 1879

Biography

Bardwell had a studio at 21 Collins Street East, Melbourne, Australia, in the 1870s. Bardwell was possibly earlier based at Ballarat (Cato 1955, p.162). A 'J. Bardwell' had a studio at 23 Collins Street, Melbourne in 1877 (Davies and Stanbury 1985, p.128).

Sources:

Cato, Jack (1955), 'The story of the camera in Australia'. Melbourne: Institute of Australian Photographers.

Davies, Alan and Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The mechanical eye in Australia: photography 1841-1900'. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.