Samuel Clayton b. c.1783

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist
Portraitist, engraver, art teacher and silversmith born in Ireland. Transported to NSW, reputedly for forgery, he prospered in the colony.

Citations

  • Dixson, W. (1919), 'Notes on Australian artists’, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Volume 5.

  • Hawkins, J. B. (ed.) (1973), 'Australian Silver 1800-1900’, Sydney, NSW.

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

  • Nelson, C.H. (1985), 'Directly from China: Export Goods for the American Market 1784-1930’, Salem, Mass., USA : Peabody Museum of Salem catalogue.

  • Simpson, C.; et al. (1977), 'First Fleet to Federation: Australian Antiques’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Vort-Ronald, M. (1982), 'Banks of Issue in Australia’, Adelaide, SA.

  • (1982), Journal of the Australian Numismatic Society.

  • (23 August 1822), Sydney, NSW : Sydney Gazette.

  • (14 July 1832), Sydney, NSW : Sydney Monitor.

  • (1829), 'Records relating to the trial of Alexander Dick 1829’, Supreme Court of New South Wales.

  • Information sourced from Fahy, Kevin.

  • Information sourced from McPhee, John.

  • (1793), 'Anthologia Hibernica’, Dublin, Ireland.

Initial data sources

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