James Wilson b. 1827

Also known as James Glen Wilson
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
James Glen Wilson was a landscape painter, naval photographer and surveyor. Irish born, Wilson was chosen to accompany the expedition to the South Seas. This expedition aimed to explore the area embraced by New South Wales, New Zealand, the Kermadec group of islands, Tonga, Fiji, the New Hebrides and New Caledonia.
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Citations

  • Black, E. (September 1980), 'James Glen Wilson R.N. (1827-1863) Landscape and Marine Painter’, Ulster Museum exhibition catalogue, Belfast, Ireland, .

  • Black, E. (1 February 1979), 'A painter voyaging to the South Seas: J. Glen Wilson, R.N.’, Country Life.

  • Craig, C. (1984), 'More Old Tasmanian Prints’, Launceston, Tasmania.

  • Ingleton, G. (1944), 'A brief history of marine surveying in Australia: Part 2’, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 30.

  • Nobbs, R. (1984), 'George Hunn Nobbs 1799-1884’, Norfolk Island.

  • MacDonald, J. (1858), 'Herald Waltzes’, Sydney: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sheet Music.

  • 'New publications 1980-1981’, Archives Office of New South Wales typescript.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

  • Black, E. (1987), 'James Glen Wilson (1827-1863): An Irish artist in Australia’, Familia: Ulster Genealogical Review 2/3.

Initial data sources

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

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