Francis Simpkinson b. 26 May 1819

Also known as Francis Guillemard Simpkinson, Simpkinson de Wesselow
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Francis Guillemard Simpkinson was a painter, diarist and naval officer. In 1845 at the Hobart Town Art Exhibition, (the first major fine arts exhibition in any of the Australian colonies), Simpkinson showed one watercolour.

Citations

  • Angus, M. (1984), 'Simpkinson De Wesselow: Landscape Painter in Van Diemen’s Land and the Port Phillip District 1844-1848’, Hobart, TAS (and bibliography).

  • Kolenberg, H. and Kolenberg, J. (1988), 'Tasmanian Vision’, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery catalogue, Hobart, TAS.

  • Savours, A. and McConnell, A. (1982), 'The history of the Ross Bank Observatory, Tasmania’, Annals of Science 39.

Initial data sources

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