Francis Russell Nixon b. 1 August 1803

Also known as F. R. T., Francis Russell Nixson
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
A painter, sketcher, photographer and Anglican Bishop. Being consecrated the first bishop of Tasmania, Nixon used his sketches and paintings as a way to document his time spent in Tasmania.
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  • Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, UK
  • Prince of Salerno's Collection, Naples, Italy
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    Private Collections.

  • National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas.
  • Christ College, Hobart, Tas.
  • Anglican Diocesan Archives, Hobart, Tas.
  • Sir William Lodewyk Crowther Library, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas.
  • Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas.
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas.
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

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Other occupations
  • Anglican bishop (ANZSIC code: 9540) (Anglican bishop Ordained and appointed chaplain to the British Embassy at Naples. 1836 - Parish of Sandgate. 1838 - the living of Ash, near Wingham, Kent. one of the 'six preachers' of Canterbury Cathedral and chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury. 1842 - in Westminster Abbey, he was consecrated first bishop of Tasmania. Resigned his bishopric in 1863 and was given the living of Bolton Percy, Yorkshire.)
  • Anglican bishop (Anglican bishop Ordained and appointed chaplain to the British Embassy at Naples. 1836 - Parish of Sandgate. 1838 - the living of Ash, near Wingham, Kent. one of the 'six preachers' of Canterbury Cathedral and chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury. 1842 - in Westminster Abbey, he was consecrated first bishop of Tasmania. Resigned his bishopric in 1863 and was given the living of Bolton Percy, Yorkshire.)