John Aitken

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Colonial sketcher and clergyman who managed to produce an album of sketches while on a whirlwind 12 month world tour that took in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, New Zealand, South and North America.
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Citations

  • McCulloch, A. (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Second edition, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Aitken, J., 'Sketches taken by John Aitken on a Trip round the World 1854-55’, Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW, Sydney, album, PXD 254.

  • Information sourced from Bruce, Candice.

Initial data sources

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

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