Robert Hawker Dowling b. 4 July 1827

Also known as Robert Dowling
  • Artist (Painter)
With subjects ranging from Aboriginal to Bibical and orientalist scenes, Dowling was the first to establish the pattern of expatriate exploitation of home patronage, which became such a marked aspect of subsequent Australian art history.

Citations

  • Stilwell, G.T. (April 1963), 'Mr & Mrs George Carr Clark of “Ellinthorp Hall”’, Proceedings of the Tasmanian Historical Research Association 11/3, .

  • Craig, C. and Mead, I. (June 1963), 'Frederick Strange—Artist c.1807 1873’, Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 97, .

  • Cosens, S. (1869), 'Tribute of Affection to the Memory of Henry Dowling’.

  • Mead, I. (1966), 'Henry Dowling’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 1, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Bonyhady, T. (1986), 'Australian Colonial Paintings in the Australian National Gallery’, Melbourne.

  • Button, H. (c.1909), 'Flotsam and Jetsam’, Launceston, n.d.

  • Chapman, B. (11 September 1982), 'The puzzle of the Dowling picture’, Mercury, Hobart.

  • Dowling, C. and Dowling, N. (comp.) (1884), 'The Dowling Family Tree’, London.

  • Eagle, Mary and Jones, John (1994), 'A story of Australian painting: A history based on the ICI Australian collection’, Sydney, NSW: Macmillian.

  • Henderson, A. (1936), 'Pioneering Families of Victoria and Riverina’, Melbourne.

  • Ingram, T. (4 June 1982), 'Saleroom’, Australian Financial Review.

  • Jones, J. (1987), 'Robert Dowling’s visit to the Western District of Victoria in 1856’, Art and Australia vol. 25 no. 1.

  • Kolenberg, H. and Kolenberg, J. (1988), 'Tasmanian Vision’, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart.

  • Plomley, N. (1964), 'Thomas Bock’s portraits of the Tasmanian Aborigines’, Records of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, 18, Launceston, Tasmania, n.s.

  • (1877), 'Mr Dowling’s Oriental Picture’, Launceston, Tasmania.

  • (25 August 1960), Atlas, London.

  • (26 October 1852), Colonial Times, Hobart, Tasmania.

  • (14 April 1860), Cornwall Chronicle, Great Britain.

  • (17 October 1886), Leader, Launceston, Tasmania.

  • (18 July 1881), Once a Month, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.

  • Mead, I. (c.1970), 'Robert Hawker Dowling’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 4, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Jones, J. (1987), 'Robert Dowling’s visit to the Western District of Victoria in 1856’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

  • Plomley, N. (1961), 'Pictures of the Tasmanian Aborigines by Robert Dowling’, Annual Bulletin of the National Gallery of Victoria, 3.

  • Information sourced from Bruce, C.

  • (1885), Once a Month, 16 Feb, 16 March, 15 July.

  • (1886), Once a Month, 15 July, 25 Aug.

  • (1871), Tasmanian, 24 June, 7 Sept.

  • (22 June 1861), London Review.

Initial data sources

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