George A. Appleton

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, lithographer and photographic colourist during the 1860s. With Alexander Habbe, Appleton painted transparencies to celebrate the Sydney visit of the Duke of Edinburgh in January 1868, including those for the General Post Office, Parliament House and the Mint Building.

Citations

  • (1861), Argus, 10-03.

  • (1866), Australian Monthly Magazine, vol. 2.

  • (1865), South Australian Advertiser, 12-19.

  • (1868), Sydney Morning Herald, 01-23, ALSO: 1868-02-22.

  • (1889), Table Talk, 10-18.

  • Darragh, T., 'Directory of nineteenth century engravers and lithographers working in Victoria’, manuscript.

  • Information sourced from Bruce, C.

  • Information sourced from Callaway, A.

Initial data sources

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