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Francis Russell Nixon b. 1 August 1803

Also known as F. R. T., Francis Russell Nixson, Bishop Francis Russell Nixson

Artist (Draughtsman),
Artist (Photographer),
Artist (Painter)

A painter, sketcher, photographer and Anglican Bishop. Being consecrated the first bishop of Tasmania, Nixon used his sketches and paintings as a way to document his time spent in Tasmania.

Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, England, UK
Prince of Salerno's Collection, Naples, Italy

Note

Salvator Rosa works of the Italian Landscape.
Description

Private Collections.
National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS

Website

http://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/qvmag/index.php?c=3
Christ College, University of Tasmania, Tas.
Anglican Diocesan Archives, Hobart, Tas.
Sir William Lodewyk Crowther Library, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS
Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

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Francis Russell Nixon b. 1 August 1803

Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, England, UK

Prince of Salerno's Collection, Naples, Italy

National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS

Christ College, University of Tasmania, Tas.

Anglican Diocesan Archives, Hobart, Tas.

Sir William Lodewyk Crowther Library, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS

Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS

Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

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