S. J. M.

  • Artist (Painter)
Colonial painter whose two paintings of Government House in Hobart Town are only known to exist in the photographs taken by J.W. Beattie.

painter, reputedly painted two oil paintings of Government House, Hobart Town, in 1836, now known only through photographs by the later Tasmanian photographer J.W. Beattie. Since Beattie had a habit of having early sketches turned into oil paintings before photographing them, there is some doubt about the medium in which these lost images were executed.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011