Julius Hamel b. c.1822

  • Artist (Printmaker)
Lithographic artist, engraver and draughtsman, very little original work by Hamel is recorded apart from his many illuminated addresses. Hamel, as Hamel & Ferguson, illuminated some fine addresses presented to Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh on his Australian tour in 1867-68.
Name
Julius Hamel
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Other Occupation
  • Proprietor of a printing firm (ANZSIC code: 1611) (Proprietor of a printing firm Hamel & Co.)
  • Engraver (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • Draughtsman (ANZSIC code: 692)
Birth date
c.1822
Birth place
Hamburg, Germany
Death date
14 May 1894
Death place
St Kilda, Melbourne, Vic
Burial place
St Kilda Cemetery, St Kilda, Vic.
Active Period
  • c.1871 - c.1873
  • 1857 - 1893
  • c.1853 - c.1857
Arrival
  • 12 November 1852 (Arrivied at Melbourne in the 'Great Britain'.)
Residence
  • c.1862 - c.1894 St Kilda, Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1853 - 1894 Melbourne, Vic.
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870