George Hamilton b. 12 March 1812

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
George Hamilton was a painter, illustrator, lithographer, explorer, author and policeman. He exhibited with the South Australian Society of Arts. Hamilton died in 1883.

Citations

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

  • Carroll, A. (1981), 'Graven Images of the Promised Land’, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (catalogue numbers 15, 16).

  • Gibbney, H.J. & Smith, A.G. (1987), 'A Biographical Register 1788-1939’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Holden, R. (1988), 'Photography in Colonial Australia: The Mechanical Eye and the Illustrated Book’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Loyau, G.E. (1883), 'Representative Men of South Australia’, Adelaide, SA.

  • (1920), Museum Book Store catalogue no. 114, London, England, UK.

  • (20 December 1864), Adelaide Advertiser.

  • (1881), Victorian Review, (5).

  • Leighton, S. (1868), 'Sketches in Australia with journal extracts by Stanley Leighton’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (manuscript).

  • Hamilton, George (1879), 'Experiences of a Colonist Forty Years Ago and a Journey from Port Phillip to South Australia in 1839 by an Old Hand’, Adelaide, SA.

  • Hamilton, George (1866), 'The Horse, its Treatment in Australia’, Melbourne, Vic. (3 volumes).

  • Hamilton, George (1866), 'An Appeal for the Horse’, Adelaide, SA.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

  • McCulloch, Alan & McCulloch, Susan (1994), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin.

See also

  • 'Stages in a Bush Journey - Morning n.d, watercolour and ink, 26.8 x 44.7 cm, Art Gallery of South Australia.'.

Initial data sources

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