Samuel Begg b. 1854

Also known as S. B., Sam Begg
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Late colonial era cartoonist, illustrator and sculptor. London-born Begg arrived in Sydney in 1877 via New Zealand. He and William Macleod were the only professional cartoonist-illustrators employed on the first issue of the Bulletin.

Citations

  • Dart, Peter (1974), 'The Graphic art of the Bulletin 1880-1889’, Sydney, NSW : BA (Hons) thesis Fine Arts, Sydney University.

  • Greenwall, Ryno (1992), 'Artists & Illustrators of the Anglo-Boer War’, Vlaeberg, South Africa : Fernwood Press.

  • Houfe, 'British Illustrators and Caricaturists’, p.231.

  • Lawson, Sylvia (1987), 'The Archibald Paradox’, Ringwood, Vic : Penguin Australia 1987 (1st edn Allen Lane 1983).

  • Moore, William (1934), 'Story of Australian Art’, vol. ii, pp 110-1.

  • Information sourced from Mendelssohn, Joanna.

  • Melbourne, Vic. : Illustrated Australian News.

  • (1879), Sydney, NSW : Town and Country Journal, 07-10, p.120.

  • Riley, Margot (1991), 'A refuge for the women of colonial Sydney’, Australian Antique Collector 42nd edn (July-December), pp 70-71.

  • Information sourced from Young, Linda.

  • Illustrated London News.

  • London, England, UK : Black and White.

  • London, England, UK : Pictorial World.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.

See also

  • 'Begg's portrait features in the limited edition The Trasvaal War by Spencer Wilkinson'.
  • 'Begg's group portrait of ILN artists in the studio includes a self-portrait (front cover, 15 February 1911).'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists