Thomas Robertson b. c.1819

  • Artist (Painter)
The Hobart Town Courier called Thomas Robertson, "one of the best marine painters in the Australian colonies".

Citations

  • Downer, C. and Phipps, J. (1985), 'Victorian Vision: 1834 Onwards’, National Gallery of Victoria catalogue, Melbourne.

  • Glover, A. (1980), 'Victorian Treasures from the La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria’, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Lubbock, B. (1921), 'The Colonial Clippers’, Glasgow, Scotland.

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Hutchinson of Australia, Melbourne, Vic., (2nd edn).

  • Platts, U. (1979), 'Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists’, Christchurch, New Zealand.

  • (1980), ’30 Australian Paintings’, Deutscher Fine Art catalogue, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • (1988), 'Australian Art: 1790-1970s’, Melbourne, Victoria (catalogue).

  • (22 July 1858), Ballarat Times.

  • (27 September 1856), Melbourne Leader.

  • Shipping Lists, Public Records Office, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • '[Victorian Society of Fine Art, Minute Book, 1856-1858]’, Victorian Artists’ Society Papers, La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, (manuscript 7593).

  • Information sourced from Glover, Anne.

  • Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.

  • Information sourced from Thomson, J.

Initial data sources

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