James Walsh b. 1833

Also known as J. Walsh, Walsh
  • Artist (Painter)
painter and clerk. Arrived in Western Australia as a convict in 1854. A series of twelve pencil and watercolour sketches of Aborigines are attributed to Walsh. He may have decorated a cell in Fremantle gaol with monochrome frescoes
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Name
James Walsh
Also known as:
  • J. Walsh
  • Walsh (attributed)
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • clerk (ANZSIC code: 7291)
Birth date
1833
Birth place
London, England, UK, London (?), England, UK
Birth note
Place uncertain
Active Period
  • c.1859 - c.1864
Arrival
  • 10 August 1854 (Arrived Western Australia)
Residence
  • c.1854 - c.1864 Perth, Western Australia
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Chapman, B. (1979), 'The Colonial Eye', AGWA catalogue, Perth 1979.>, <ExternalResource: Erickson, R. (1979), 'Dictionary of Western Australians 1829 1914', vol. 2, Nedlands (WA) 1979.>, <ExternalResource: Gooding, Janda (1985), 'From Mount Eliza', AGWA catalogue, Perth 1985.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Kerr, James Semple.>]