Alexander James Webb b. 8 October 1813

  • Artist (Painter)
oil and watercolour painter. Migrated to Victoria about 1855 and settled in Geelong. His work consisted mainly of landscapes, most of which were done in the late 1860s and 1870s.
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Name
Alexander James Webb
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • woodgrainer and house decorator
Birth date
8 October 1813
Birth place
London, England, UK
Death date
June 1892
Death place
Geelong, Vic
Burial place
Geelong Cemetery, Geelong, VIC
Active Period
  • c.1857 - c.1879
Arrival
  • c.1855 (Arrived Victoria possibly in the John Bell (family records identify the ship as the Iron Bell))
Residence
  • c.1848 - c.1855 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • 1855 - 1892 Geelong, VIC
Training
  • Edinburgh Royal Academy, Scotland, UK
  • vicinity of Glamis Castle, Scotland, Lady Gordon Cummings
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related stub people
  • Cummings, Gordon (Lady) (associate of)
  • Webb, Mary (child of)
  • Alves, Jane (spouse of)
  • Robertson, A. S. (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Geelong Mechanics Institute (associate of)
  • Victorian Academy of Arts (associate of)
  • NSW Agricultural Society (associate of)
  • Ballarat Mechanics Institute (associate of)
Related people
  • Webb, Alexander James (child of)
  • Smith, James (associate of)
Related works
  • Barrabool Hills, Geelong (creator of)
  • The Barwon Falls with Albion Mill (creator of)
  • Yarra Street, Geelong (creator of)
  • Geelong Harbour, West (creator of)
  • Malop Street, from Johnstone Park (creator of)
  • Near Randolph's Leap, on the Findhorn, Scotland (creator of)
  • Loutitt Bay (creator of)
  • Squatters and Selectors (creator of)
  • Cape Otway Ranges (creator of)
  • View of Mount Elephant (creator of)
  • Sunny Shower--Yalla-y-Poora (creator of)
  • Madonna after Raphael (creator of)
Related collections
  • private collection (collected in)
  • Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • NSW Agricultural Society exhibition (received)
Related events
  • Victorian Academy of Arts (exhibited at)
  • NSW Agricultural Society (exhibited at)
  • Victorian Academy of Arts Second Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da1ac33b538b73d9301c2b8')) (exhibited at)