Frank C. Dunnett b. 1822

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Frank C. Dunnett was a painter, lithographer and surveyor. As a chronic asthmatic he was advised to leave Britain and so in about 1856 he migrated to Australia. Dunnett moved to Tasmania and found employment with the Hobart Town Survey Office. In 1866 he exhibited at the Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition and was awarded a highly commended certificate for a sketch.
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Name
Frank C. Dunnett
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Drawing teacher (ANZSIC code: 8212)
  • Lithographer (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Surveyor (ANZSIC code: 6922)
Birth date
1822
Birth place
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Death date
12 October 1891
Death place
Hobart, Tas.
Active Period
  • c.1850 - c.1886
Arrival
  • c.1856 (Arrived Melbourne, Vic.)
Residence
  • Hobart Town, Tas.
  • New Zealand
  • London, England, UK
  • Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Training
  • Royal Academy Schools, London, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Allport, H. (1931), 'Early Art in Tasmania', Hobart, Tas.>, <ExternalResource: Craig, C. (1961), 'The Engravers of Van Diemen's Land', Launceston, Tas.>, <ExternalResource: Kolenberg, H. and Kolenberg, J. (1988), 'Tasmanian Vision', Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery catalogue, Hobart, Tas.>, <ExternalResource: (23 March 1875), Tasmanian Tribune.>, <ExternalResource: Notes by Beattie, J. W. in Dixson, W., 'Notes on Australian artists', Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, ms WD53.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Craig, Clifford.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.>]