Randolph John Want b. 1811

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Prominent solicitor and Member of Parliament (1856-61). Although relatively unknown as an artist, four small signed pencil drawings by Want dating from about 1843 are known.

Citations

  • 'NSW Death Records : 746/1869’.

  • (October 1986), 'Fine Australian Painting and Drawings’, Sydney, New South Wales: Sotheby’s catalogue, .

  • Want, R. (1976), 'Randolph John Want’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 6, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vols 1-6, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Connolly, C. (1983), 'Biographic Register of the New South Wales Parliament 1856 1901’, Canberra, ACT.

Initial data sources

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