James Edward Taylor b. 28 February 1794

  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, farmer and once a toll-gate keeper, James Edward Taylor migrated with family in 1849 from Plymouth, England, and arrived in South Australia. Lived chiefly around Victoria and completed a number of naive watercolours.

Citations

  • Castlemaine, Vic : Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum files.

  • McCulloch, A. (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Melbourne, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (2nd edition).

  • Information sourced from Perry, P.

Initial data sources

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