Henry Jones (photographer)

Henry Jones (1826 – 18 October 1911) was a photographer remembered for his portraits of pioneer settlers of South Australia. He was the father of the organist T. H. Jones.

Henry was born in Bristol, England, trained as watchmaker and jeweller, and some time in the early 1850s migrated to Victoria, where he set up in business in Bourke Street, Melbourne; by 1855 he was at 125 Elizabeth Street. The following year he moved to Nelson Parade, Williamstown, and from around 1857 was augmenting his watchmaking and jewellery income with photographic portraits on glass.

In 1866 he left for Adelaide, where in July he joined the staff at Townsend Duryea's studio, established in 1855 upstairs 68 King William Street, at the corner of Grenfell Street. In February 1868 he left Duryea and was working for B. Goode at 69 Rundle Street. He opened a studio on King William Street, opposite the Town Hall.

In April 1872 he opened a new studio at 85 King William Street between Currie Street and Waymouth Street "opposite White's Rooms", which for a few years was the only advertised address, until June 1874 when the business operated from both premises, then in January 1876 reverted to just the newer studio.

At the 1871 South Australian Society of Arts exhibition, Jones was awarded a prize for portraits of children, and this became his speciality, reflected in his advertisements. In July 1876 the business was restructured as the "Children's Photographic (later Photograph) Company", with Jones as manager. In September 1880 the business moved to a new studio in Wakefield Street east, near Hutt Street, opposite Oliver’s Timber Yard. By January 1885 the Children’s Photograph Company had moved to the northern corner of King William Street and Hindley Street, previously the studio of the Melbourne Photographic Company. By 1886 the studio had been taken by R. Laming, and around 1890 by Stump & Co., the name by which that corner (like the Beehive Corner opposite), became a familiar landmark.

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