John W. Deering b. 2 January 1838

  • Artist (Painter)
Surveyor and amateur marine painter who arrived in Australia in 1855. Deering regularly exhibited his paintings with the New South Wales Academy of Art and in the Agricultural Society Intercolonial Exhibitions. He won a number of prizes for his work.

Citations

  • 'NSW Marriage Records : 1078/1867’.

  • (22 September 1882), 'Sydney Morning Herald’.

    http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28377185

  • (11 September 1907), 'Sydney Mail’.

  • (11 September 1907), 'Sydney Mail’.

  • (1875), 'Sydney Mail, 3, 17 April’.

  • (1873), 'Sydney Mail, 19 April, 1 May’.

  • Craig, C. (1984), 'More Old Tasmanian Prints’, Launceston, Tasmania.

  • Gibbney, H. J. and Smith, A. G. (1987), 'A Biographical Register, 1788 1939’, Canberra, ACT.

  • (1872), Sydney Mail, 9, 16 March.

  • Information sourced from Appleyard, Ron.

  • Information sourced from Deering, Phil (great nephew of the artist)

See also

  • 'After the Battle, DAA page 201'.

Initial data sources

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