Marshall Claxton b. 1813

Also known as Marshal Claxton
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, modeller and amateur photographer born in England. Resident of NSW and Victoria he was a prolific painter and 'national benefit'. He is represented in the collections of many of Australia and England's major public galleries.

Citations

  • Cust, Lionel, 'Dictionary of National Biography’.

  • Dickens, Charles (13 March 1852), 'Household Words’.

  • (August 1858), 'Dick Tinto’, 'Art and artists in Sydney’, Sydney, NSW : The Month: A Literary and Critical Journal, Volume 3, Number 4, .

  • Graves, A. (1905), 'The Royal Academy of Arts London’.

  • Macmillan, D.S. (1969), 'Marshall Claxton’, Melbourne, VIC : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press.

  • Bell, P. (1988), 'The University of Sydney Exhibition’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Dixson, W. (1923), 'Notes on Australian artists’, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Volume 9.

  • Fisher, G. (1975), 'The University of Sydney 1850-1875’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Johnson, J. (1975), 'Works Exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists 1824-1893’, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK.

  • Martens, C. (1975), 'A lecture upon landscape painting’, Melbourne, VIC : Smith, B. (ed.), Documents on Art and Taste in Australia.

  • Moore, W. (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, Sydney, NSW : Angus and Robertson, (facsimile reprint 1980), 2 volumes.

  • Wood, C. (1971), 'Dictionary of Victorian Painters’, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK.

  • (1869), London, England, UK : Art Journal.

  • (13 August 1881), Athenaeum.

  • (25 January 1851), Sydney, NSW : Bell’s Life in Sydney.

  • (4 August 1881), The Times.

  • 'C. Martens Papers’, Sydney, NSW : Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, manuscript.

  • 'Stephen Family Papers’, Sydney, NSW : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, manuscript.

  • Sumner, I. (1982), 'The Claxtons. The preacher – the painter 1779-1881’, Manuscript.

  • Terry, A. (c.1852), 'Diary’, Sydney, NSW : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, manuscript.

  • Information sourced from Bell, P.

  • Information sourced from Darby, G.

  • Information sourced from Bruce, C.

  • (c.1851), London Observer.

  • (1881), England, UK : Times.

See also

  • 'Captain James Cook, c.1850-1854, oil on canvas, 126x100.5cm, Chief Secretary's Office, New South Wales Government.'.

Initial data sources

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