John Gardner Austin

Also known as J. G. Austin
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Not to be confused with the Dublin convict goldsmith and colonial banknote engraver John Austin, J.G. Austin was a lithographer and copperplate printer who, from 1835, held various premises throughout the Sydney CBD.

Citations

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, 2nd edn, Melbourne, Vic.

  • McDonald, P.R. &Pearce, B. (1988), 'The Artist and the Patron’, Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue, Sydney, NSW.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art,’, 2 vols, (facsimile reprint, 1930).

  • Schofield, A. &Fahy, K. (1990), 'Australian Jewellery 19th and Early 20th Century’, Balmain, NSW.

  • Smith, B. (1971), 'Australian Painting’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1835), Sydney Herald, 04-20.

  • (1836), Sydney Times, 11-12.

  • Butler, Roger, Information sourced from.

  • Information sourced from Callaway, A.

  • Information sourced from Chapman, W.

Initial data sources

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