Josiah W. Allen b. 1773

  • Artist (Painter)
Portrait and miniature painter, decorator and drawing teacher, Allen arrived in Sydney as a convict, having been arrested in England for forging bank notes. Upon reaching Sydney he advertised his skills as a portrait painter and drawing teacher.

Citations

  • Moore, W., 'Story of Australian Art’.

  • Buscombe, E. (1978), 'Artists in Early Australia and their Portraits’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Dixson, W., 'Notes on Australian artists’, Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wlaes, manuscript WD53.

  • (1832), Currency Lad, 09-08.

  • (1832), Hill’s Life in New South Wales, 10-05.

Initial data sources

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