Cornelius Delohery

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Colonial artist, arrived in Australia as a public servant but was dismissed for insubordination, which he sought to clear himself of by letters of petition, even in his later years. As an artist he had painted the famous 'discoverer' of gold, E. H. Hargraves as well as some self portraits. He opened a drawing academy in 1858.
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Citations

  • (29 September 1855), 'Bell’s Life in Sydney’, 1854-11-25, 1853-07-30, 1851-01-18.

  • (1929), 'Historic Records of Australia 14 (1928/1929)’.

  • Davies, Alan and Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900’, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Buscombe, E. (1978), 'Artists in Early Australia and their Portraits’, Sydney, New South Wales.

  • McDonald, P. R. and Pearce, B. (1988), 'The Artist and the Patron’, Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

  • Information sourced from Chapman, W.

  • Information sourced from Fullagar, Col.

  • (1851), Sydney Morning Herald, 18 Jan, 2 April, 28 Oct.

  • (1858), Sydney Morning Herald, 14 June, 16 and 22 Oct, 16 Nov.

  • (1859), Sydney Morning Herald, 9 July, 1 Nov.

Initial data sources

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

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