Charles Atkinson

  • Artist (Printmaker)
Lithographer and architect. Following a ship wreck off South America, Atkinson arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1833. While waiting for a government position, Atkinson published two series of lithographs of Hobart Town and surrounds.

Citations

  • Craig, C. (1961), 'The Engravers of Van Diemen’s Land’, Hobart, Tas.

  • (1964), 'Old Tasmanian Prints’, Launceston, Tas.

  • (1833), Hobart Town Magazine, July.

  • (1833), Colonist, 10-08.

  • Murray, R.L., 'Austral-Asiatic Gazette’, 1836.

  • (1833), Colonial Times, 09-10.

  • (1836), Colonial Times, 07-26.

  • (1836), Colonial Times, 08-16.

Initial data sources

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