John Allen

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Colonial Tasmanian sketcher and settler. Allen apparently took an early crude sketch of local Aborigines back to England where he had it turned into an oil painting by a professional painter. The painting is now held in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
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Name
John Allen
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • settler
Active Period
  • c.1828
Residence
  • c.1828 Milton Farm, District of Great Swanport, Van Diemens Land [Tasmania]
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

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