John Black Henderson b. 5 June 1827

Also known as John Henderson
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Late colonial-era painter, sketcher, comic illustrator, amateur photographer and surveyor. A founding member of the Victorian Academy of Arts in 1870, Henderson showed six landscapes in its inaugural exhibition.
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Citations

  • Diggins, Lauraine (June 1985), 'Selected Australian Works of Art’, Melbourne, Vic : Lauraine Diggins, .

  • Campbell, J. (1983), 'Australian Watercolour Painters’, Adelaide, SA.

  • Fetherstonhaugh, C. (1918), 'After Many Days’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, Sydney, NSW : Angus and Robertson, 2 vols, (facsimile reprint, 1980).

  • Rich, M. (1983), 'From the Beginnings of European Settlement’, Ballarat, Vic : City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.

  • Brown, Joseph (1979), 'Joseph Brown Gallery : Autumn catalogue’, Melbourne, Vic : Joseph Brown Gallery.

  • Information sourced from Chapman, W.

  • Peck, Henry (1942), 'Memoirs of a Stockman’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Information sourced from Ducker, Sophie C.

  • Information sourced from Fox, Paul.

  • Information sourced from Mackay, Mary.

Initial data sources

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

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Related collections
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)