Samuel Wallace Alexander Bickley b. 11 October 1810

Also known as W. Bickley, Wallace Bickley
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
English-born Samuel Bickley spent five years in Western Australia before seeking unsuccessfull to make his fortune in India. Returning to Fremantle and settling permanently in 1851, only one of Bickley's drawings, showing a view of Fremantle, survives.

Citations

  • Chapman, B. (1979), 'The Colonial Eye’, Art Gallery of Western Australia catalogue, Perth, WA.

  • Erickson, R. (1983), 'The Brand on his Coat’, Nedlands, WA.

  • Erickson, R. (1988), 'The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre-1829-1888’, Nedlands, WA.

Initial data sources

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