John Adamson

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Scottish colonial male draughtsman whose sketches and paintings of Melbourne were reproduced as lithographs even after his sudden death at sea en route to Calcutta. His Australian landscapes were sought after because they captured the roughness of the country.
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References [<ExternalResource: Brown, P. L.. (ed.) (1856), 'Clyde Company Papers, 1836-1840', vol. 2, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: (1841), Glasgow Observer, 08-06.>, <ExternalResource: (1841), Port Phillip Patriot, 10-07.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Fox, Paul.>, <ExternalResource: (1881), 'Melbourne from the South Side of the Yarra Yarra', Crown Lands Department, Melbourne, Vic.>]