John Penman b.

  • Artist (Printmaker)
John Penman was lithographer and copperplate printer who was born in Scotland and then emigrated to South Australia in 1848. Later his colleague, William Galbraith, recalled that they both chose South Australia because J. Stephens' pamphlet on that colony 'mentioned that butter was so plentiful and so cheap that people were in the habit of greasing their boots with it'.
Name
John Penman
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Other Occupation
  • Copperplate printer (ANZSIC code: 1611)
Birth date
Birth place
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Death date
October 1900
Death place
Estcourt House, Grange, SA
Active Period
  • c.1845 - c.1883
Arrival
  • 5 December 1848 (Adelaide, SA, ship: Hoogley)
Residence
  • 5 December 1848 - October 1900 Adelaide, SA
  • 1845 - 31 July 1848 London, England, UK
  • Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870