James Dunlop b. 31 October 1793

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Nineteenth-century astronomer, a poet and a collector of geological, anthropological and natural history specimens. Dunlop clearly had some sketching ability.

Citations

  • Wood, H. (1966), 'James Dunlop’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. Pike, D. A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vol. 1 Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Butler, R. (1982), 'Australia’s first lithographs’, Australian Connoisseur and Collector 3 (1982).

  • Darragh, T.A. (1990), 'The Establishment and Development of Engraving and Lithography in Melbourne to the Time of the Gold Rush’, Willow Bend, New South Wales.

  • Service, J. (1890), 'Thir Notandums… to which is appended a Biographical Sketch of James Dunlop Esq.’, Edinburgh.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.

  • Information sourced from Callaway, Anita.

  • McGarvie, J. (Rev.), 'Diary’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, ms.

Initial data sources

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