Benjamin Tannett

Also known as Benjamin Tennent, Mr Tennent
  • Artist (Painter)
Benjamin Tannett was a noted theatrical scene-painter and actor working in Melbourne and Sydney in the mid nineteenth century. In 1859 Tannett painted 'new and beautiful scenery' for the burlesque at the Royal Victoria Theatre. It was 'acknowledged to be the greatest production that has ever been witnessed in the Colony'.
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  • (April 1903), 'Mr. W.J. Wilson’, Old Times, .

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  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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