James A. C. Willis b. c.1834

Also known as J. Willis, J. A. C. W.
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Colonial male surveyor whose amateur watercolour drawings of landscapes received certificates of merit and were published as lithographs.

Citations

  • Craig, E.D. (1982), 'Australian Art Auction Records 1979-1981’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Kerr, J.; & Broadbent, J. (1980), 'Gothick Taste in the Colony of New South Wales’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

  • Information sourced from Deakin, E.

  • Reid, G. H. (1876), 'An Essay on New South Walesthe Mother Colony of the Australias’, Sydney, NSW : Government Printer.

See also

  • 'DAA p 362: J. A. C. Willis, St Mary the Virgin, Allyn River 1856, watercolour, 24.1 x 20.9 cm. Mitchell Library.'.
  • 'The Harbour of Port Jackson & City of Sydney, drawn from nature by James A.C. Willis, 180x1585mm, with the water in lithographed colour (G.H. Reid's An Essay on New South Wales, the Mother Colony of the Australias, 1876).'.

Initial data sources

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