John Franklin Nash

Also known as J. Franklin Nash
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
A wood engraver who had his own printing and engraving office in West Melbourne and advertised that he was a draughtsman, designer and engraver on wood. In Sydney, Nash engraved covers for the publication Punch.

wood engraver, engraved covers for Sydney Punch from 1856. Lurline Stuart notes that the artist on the Melbourne Illustrated News (1853) was J. Franklin Nash, but he didn’t do the original drawings, merely engraved them.

Nash had a printing and engraving office in 1855 at 42 Flinders Lane, West Melbourne, where he advertised as a draughtsman, designer and engraver on wood. He did not remain long in Victoria and appears to have done no original artwork.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
1989