James Robertson b. 1829

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
James Robertson was a watercolourist and police magistrate. He came to New South Wales in 1842 with his father and at first did not seem to like the place much. He wrote to his brother in Scotland, "[It is] not a country but a wretched hole". He did, though, spend the rest of his life in Victoria.

Citations

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, Sydney, New South Wales: Angus and Robertson, [2 vols], (facsimile reprint, 1980).

  • Humphreys, H.M. (1882), 'Men of the Time in Australia’, Melbourne, Victoria, 2nd edn.

  • Moore, W. (1906), 'Studio Sketches’, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Information sourced from '[Family papers]’.

Initial data sources

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