John Abbott b. 1803

  • Artist (Painter)
This sketcher, watercolourist and songwriter became the registrar-general of births, deaths and marriages in Van Diemen's Land in the mid nineteenth century. His watercolours were exhibited in the 1866 Melbourne and 1870 Sydney Intercolonial Exhibitions.
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Name
John Abbott
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Public servant (ANZSIC code: 75)
  • Soldier (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • Surveyor (ANZSIC code: 6922)
  • Songwriter (ANZSIC code: 9002)
Birth date
1803
Birth place
NSW
Death date
10 July 1875
Death place
Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tas.)
Death note
Tasmania
Active Period
  • c.1828 - c.1870
Residence
  • c.1840 - c.1875 Tasmania
  • c.1828 - c.1840 Sydney, NSW
  • 1815 - 1828 Hobart Town, Tas.
  • 1803 - 1815 Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Townsley, W.A. (1966), 'Edward Abbott', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol 1, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Craig, C. (1961), 'The Engravers of Van Diemen's Land', Launceston, Tas.>, <ExternalResource: Walch (1876), 'Walch's Tasmanian Almanac', Hobart, Tas.>, <ExternalResource: Selkirk, H. (1920), 'David Lennox, the bridge builder', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, vol 6, no 5.>, <ExternalResource: 'Archives Office of Tasmania', Hobart, LSD1/80/49.>, <ExternalResource: 'Archives Office of Tasmania', Hobart, LSD1/1/77-88.>, <ExternalResource: Abbott, John (1854), 'Song of the Fair Emigrant', published as sheet music by the Hobart Town lithographer R.V. Hood.>]