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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Citations

  • Allport, H. (1931), 'Early Art in Tasmania’, Hobart, Tas.

  • Craig, C. (1961), 'The Engravers of Van Diemen’s Land’, Launceston, Tas.

  • Kolenberg, H. and Kolenberg, J. (1988), 'Tasmanian Vision’, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery catalogue, Hobart, Tas.

  • (23 March 1875), Tasmanian Tribune.

  • Notes by Beattie, J. W. in Dixson, W., 'Notes on Australian artists’, Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, ms WD53.

  • Information sourced from Craig, Clifford.

  • Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.

Initial data sources

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

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  • Portrait of His Excellency the Governor (creator of)
  • Map of the Seat of War in New Zealand (creator of)
  • A Head (creator of)
  • Mount Wellington from the New Town Park (creator of)
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Related collections
  • Sir William Lodewyk Crowther Library, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Sir William Lodewyk Crowther Library, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related events
  • Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Fine Art exhibition (exhibited at)
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  • Fine Art exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition (None)
  • Hobart Town Art Treasures Exhibition (None)
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