# Thomas Foster Chuck

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{{Short description|19th-century British photographer who had a career in Australia}}
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'''Thomas Foster Chuck''' (19 September 1826 – 7 December 1898) was a British photographer. He was born in London and migrated to Australia, where he documented [the explorers and early colonists of Victoria](/source/The_Explorers_and_Early_Colonists_of_Victoria).<ref name="unsw">{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-13|title=Thomas Foster Chuck :: biography at :: at Design and Art Australia Online|url=https://daao.library.unsw.edu.au/bio/thomas-foster-chuck/|website=daao.library.unsw.edu.au}}</ref>

thumb|Chuck {{circa}} 1864–1876).

==Photography career==
thumb|Chuck (date unknown).
He migrated to Australia. By 1866 he had established a studio in [Daylesford](/source/Daylesford%2C_Victoria). Later in Melbourne he occupied various studios before opening the London Portrait Gallery in the [Royal Arcade](/source/Royal_Arcade%2C_Melbourne) on [Bourke Street](/source/Bourke_Street%2C_Melbourne). In 1876 he sold the Melbourne studio and moved to [Ballarat](/source/Ballarat) where he opened the Gallery of Art.<ref name="npg">{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-13|title=Thomas Foster Chuck, b. 1826|url=http://www.portrait.gov.au/people/thomas-foster-chuck-1826/|website=National Portrait Gallery people}}</ref>

He documented the explorers and early colonists of [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia))<ref name="unsw"/><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-13|title=Thomas Foster Chuck and Son, b. 1878|url=http://www.portrait.gov.au/people/thomas-foster-chuck-and-son-1878/|website=National Portrait Gallery}}</ref> such as the [Burke and Wills expedition](/source/Burke_and_Wills_expedition) of 1860–61; and his mammoth ''[The Explorers and Early Colonists of Victoria](/source/The_Explorers_and_Early_Colonists_of_Victoria)'', a montage of over 700 photographs of early settlers of Victoria, made between 1870 and 1872.<ref name="npg"/> In 1872, he was awarded a contract to photograph the [National Gallery of Victoria](/source/National_Gallery_of_Victoria)'s collection, resulting in 18 photographs that were published as ''Photographs of the Pictures in the National Gallery of Melbourne'' (1875).<ref name="npg"/>

In 1874, a collection of Chuck's photographs including portraits of [Edward Williams](/source/Edward_Williams_(Victorian_judge)) and [Redmond Barry](/source/Redmond_Barry), won a gold medal at the [Annual International Exhibition](/source/Annual_International_Exhibitions_(London_1871%E2%80%9374)) in London.<ref name="npg"/>

==Personal life==
Chuck married Adeline Holt in 1854 and she died in 1867. He married Mary Ambrose in 1869.<ref name="librariesaustralia">{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-13|title=Chuck, Thomas Foster, 1826-1898 - Full record view - Libraries Australia Search|url=https://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/search/display?dbid=auth&id=35328334|website=librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au}}</ref>

He died in [Albert Park, Victoria](/source/Albert_Park%2C_Victoria) on 7 December 1898.<ref name="librariesaustralia"/>

== Publications==
*''Key to the historical picture of the explorers and early colonists of Victoria''. Melbourne: Mason, Firth, & McCutcheon, 1872. {{OCLC|222299194}}
*''Photographs of the pictures in the National Gallery Melbourne''. Melbourne: F.F. Bailliere, 1875. Edited by [Marcus Clarke](/source/Marcus_Clarke).<ref name="npg"/><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-16|title=Trove|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/22979051|website=trove.nla.gov.au}}</ref>
*''One Story is Good Till Another is Told; or, a Reply to Mr. Anthony Trollope on That Part of His Work Entitled "Australia and New Zealand" Relating to Victoria''. Liverpool: Daily Post Steam Printing Works, 1877. {{OCLC|1080172234}}.

==Collections==
*[National Library of New Zealand](/source/National_Library_of_New_Zealand): 1 print<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-13|title=Chuck, Thomas Foster, 1826-1898|url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22400537|date=1 January 1826|website=National Library of New Zealand}}</ref>
*[National Portrait Gallery (Australia)](/source/National_Portrait_Gallery_(Australia)): 4 prints<ref name="npg"/>
*[State Library Victoria](/source/State_Library_Victoria), Melbourne, Australia<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-13|title=State Library Victoria search - Chuck%20%2c Thomas%20 Foster%20|url=http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=MAIN&afterPDS=true&docId=|website=State Library Victoria}}</ref>

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