James Wilson b. 1804

Also known as James Armstrong Wilson
  • Artist (Painter)
James Armstrong Wilson was a portrait and figure painter born in Scotland. A resident of Sydney and surrounding areas he drowned in a storm with members of his family, and all his books, papers, possessions and paintings. Claimed by his daughter to be the 'first painter in Sydney', Wilson painted the portraits of nearly all the people of note.
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(Portrait of the architect John Verge's wife Mary)
 
creator of
(Portraits of Wilson's children in shepherdess mode)
 
creator of
(Portrait of the architect John Verge)
 
creator of
(Portrait of Elizabeth Cheers)
 
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Mother and Child
 
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(Portrait of Mrs Anne Chapman of Yarrabandini)
 
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(Portrait of Captain Francis Allman)
 
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A Reverie
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The Reaper
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Devotion
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The Two Sisters
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Savoyards
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Neapolitan Girl
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(Portrait of Conrad Martens)
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(Cape)
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(Pretty young aboriginal girl)
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'Gunbal Alias Judy Third Gin of Moravanu Chief of Wigwigly Tribe County St Vincent NSW Sept 1 1838'
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