Frederick Robert Nixon b. c.1817

Also known as F. R. Nixon, F. N., Mr F.R. N.
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Colonial era Adelaide cartoonist, sketcher, etcher, journalist and surveyor.

Citations

  • (January 1845), 'South Australian Odd Fellows Magazine’, Adelaide, South Australia, .

  • Nixon, F.R. (February 1846), 'Recollections of a residence in South Australia 1838-1845’, Adelaide Magazine, Adelaide, South Australia, .

  • Appleyard, R.G. (2 October 1966), 'Frederick Robert Nixon’, Bulletin of the National Gallery of South Australia, vol. 28, no. 2, Adelaide, South Australia.

  • Benko, N. (1969), 'Art and Artists of South Australia’, Adelaide, South Australia.

  • Wilson, S.C.; & Borrow, K.T. (1973), 'The Bridge over the Ocean’, Adelaide, South Australia.

  • (28 January 1845), 'South Australian Register’, Adelaide, South Australia.

  • Nixon, F.R. (1848), 'Sketches in Mauritius’, Mauritius.

  • (21 February 1845), 'South Australian’, Adelaide, South Australia.

  • Nixon, F.R. (1845), 'Views on Adelaide and its Vicinity’, Adelaide, South Australia.

See also

  • 'Frederick Robert Nixon, (Leapfrog) 1841, ink and wash, 24.4 x 36cm, from his album of military sketches and cartoons. Mortlock Library of South Australiana'.

Initial data sources

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