John Atkinson

  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Watercolour painter and drawing master who lived and painted in Van Diemen's Land during the 1830s. In 1833 Atkinson and his wife opened the Stanwell Hall Establishment for Young Ladies where his wife, who taught music, was widely recognised as the family's major breadwinner - extravagent habits and a charge of drunkenness led to Atkinson's resignation as schoolmaster in 1836.
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  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related stub people
  • Atkinson, Sarah (spouse of)
Related works
  • Ellinthorp Hall. Van Diemen's Land, The residence of George Carr Clark esq. (creator of)
  • Lucas's Farm (creator of)
  • Sans Souci, the Country Residence of William Crowther Esq. Surgeon (creator of)
  • Residence of John Roberts, Macquarie Street (creator of)
  • Woodbury--the Residence of R. Harrison Esq. JP (creator of)
Related collections
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Sir William Lodewyk Crowther Library, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Private collection, England, UK (collected in)