James Grove b. c.1769

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
James Grove was a sketcher, engraver, carver and silversmith. He is credited with having made the earliest existing example of Australian silver, a small castor with the arms and crest of Lieutenant-Colonel David Collins and an inscription bearing the date 1804.

Citations

  • Earnshaw, J. (1966), 'James Grove’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 1, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Nicholls, M. (ed.) (1977), 'The Diary of the Reverend Robert Knopwood 1803-1838’, Launceston, Tas.

  • Tipping, M. (1988), 'Convicts Unbound’, Ringwood, Vic.

  • Earnshaw, J. (1959), 'Select letters of James Grove, convict’, Proceedings of the Tasmanian Historical Research Association (THRA) 8/1-2.

Initial data sources

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