Henry Curzon Allport b. 6 February 1788

  • Artist (Painter)
Watercolour painter. He was a contemporary and pupil of John Glover and brother to Joseph Allport, sister-in-law to Mary Morton Allport. Member of the Old Watercolour Society who painted mostly landscapes.
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Citations

  • Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape’.

  • Allport, H. (1966), 'Joseph Allport’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 1, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, Melbourne, Vic.

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

  • Benezit, E. (1948), 'Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs’, 8 vols, Paris, France.

  • Campbell, J. (1983), 'Australian Watercolour Painters’, Adelaide, SA.

  • Campbell, W.S. (1921), 'My school days in Parramatta’, Parramatta Historical Society Journal, vol. 2.

  • Goodin, V. (1964), 'Monumental Inscriptions & Key to Graves—St. John’s Cemetery’, Parramatta, NSW.

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, 2nd edn, Melbourne, Vic.

  • McDonald, P.R. & Pearce, B. (1988), 'The Artist and the Patron’, Art Gallery of NSW catalogue, Sydney.

  • McPhee, J. (1980), 'The Art of John Glover’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, 2 vols.

  • Rivett, C. (1953), 'The Art Union Story and Old Parramatta’, Parramatta, NSW.

  • Roget, J. (1891), 'A History of the Old Watercolour Society’, London, England, UK.

  • Roxburgh, R. (1974), 'Early Colonial Houses of New South Wales’, Sydney, NSW.

  • (1839), Australian, 04-02.

  • (1872), Sydney Mail, 04-16.

  • 'Allport Papers and Correspondence’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

Initial data sources

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

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