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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Citations

  • Brown, P. L.. (ed.) (1856), 'Clyde Company Papers, 1836-1840’, vol. 2, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1841), Glasgow Observer, 08-06.

  • (1841), Port Phillip Patriot, 10-07.

  • Information sourced from Fox, Paul.

  • (1881), 'Melbourne from the South Side of the Yarra Yarra’, Crown Lands Department, Melbourne, Vic.

Initial data sources

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

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Related collections
  • University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)