portrait painter, was born in England and had obviously received some artistic training before his departure for Australia, probably at the Royal Academy Schools in London, although, despite his claims, he was not a royal academician. He reached Melbourne via Sydney in January 1847 and set up a studio in the Western Port Hotel at the corner of Queen and Little Flinders Streets. Most of his income was derived from oil portraits, which he executed in one sitting at the cost of a guinea. In June 1847 he visited Geelong and painted the celebrated racer Bunyip . It would appear that Bland left Victoria the following year. Nothing further is known about his life.
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- Date written:
- 1992
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- 2011
