J. B. King

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
An explorer and farmer, King is known for his sketch 'Scene from McLaren's Wharf in 1851' now in the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia.
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sketcher, explorer and farmer, drew a pencil and watercolour Scene from McLaren’s Wharf in 1851 (Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide). This is probably the view of Port Adelaide by King lent to the 1859 exhibition of the South Australian Society of Arts by Captain Lowrie. By 1875, J.B. King was farming at Port Wakefield, South Australia.

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1992
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2011

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Related stub people
  • Lowrie, Captain (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • [Royal] South Australian Society of Arts (associate of)
Related works
  • Scene from McLaren's Wharf in 1851 (creator of)
Related collections
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
Related events
  • South Australian Society of Arts Exhibition (exhibited at)