John Shirlow b. 1869

Also known as John Alexander Thomas Shirlow, J. Shirlow, J. A. S., John Shirlow
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Influential Federation era Melbourne painter, etcher and cartoonist.

Citations

  • Shirlow, John (December 1907), 'The Felton Bequest’, Sydney, NSW : Lone Hand 2, pp 121-125, .

  • Moore, William (March 1909), 'Shirlow, the etcher’, Sydney, NSW : Lone Hand 4, pp 604-605, .

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian art’, Melbourne, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (2nd revised edition).

  • Lindesay, Vane (1979), 'The inked-in image : a social and historical survey of Australian comic art’, Richmond, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (new edition).

  • Roger Butler, 'Shirlow, John Alexander Thomas (1869–1936)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, [Accessed on 22 December 2012].

    http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/shirlow-john-alexander-thomas-8421/text14795

  • AGNSW, 'The river (Yarra) from just below Government House by John Shirlow: The Collection: Art Gallery NSW’, [Accessed on 22 December 2012].

    http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/517/

  • ‘Death of John Shirlow: Australia’s First Etcher’, The Argus (Melbourne), Tuesday 23 June 1936, p. 8.

    http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11044054

  • John Shirlow, The Etched Work of John Shirlow: Selected Reproductions in Half Tones of John Shirlow’s Handicraft, biography by Robert Henderson Croll, Melbourne: McCubbin, c.1920.

    http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b2835862

  • ‘Obituary: Mr. John Shirlow, Well-Known Etcher’, The Mercury (Hobart), Wednesday 24 June 1936, p. 6.

    http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/25220853

See also

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists