John Calder

Also known as A. Calder
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, engraver, lithographer and professional photographer, came from Scotland to Victoria in the early gold-rush years. Resident of Melbourne.
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creator of
(transparency for the Victorian Insurance Company)

Transparency for the Victorian Insurance Company’s offices in Collins Street, Melbourne.

 
creator of
(Port Phillip Bay)

Undated. Oil. Mistakenly attributed to Calder, James Erskine.

 
creator of
Picnic Point, Brighton
 
creator of
(transparency for the Earl of Zetland Hotel)

Painted a transparency for the Earl of Zetland Hotel showing Prince Alfred’s ship, the Galatea, entering Port Melbourne.

 
creator of
View in the Australian Pyrenees
 
creator of
Portrait of a Lady

Oil

 
creator of
View on the Clyde

Catalogued as Calder, A.

 

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Related person groups
  • Auckland Society of Artists (associate of)
  • Auckland Society of Artists (associate of)
Related works
  • (transparency for the Victorian Insurance Company) (creator of)
  • (Port Phillip Bay) (creator of)
  • Picnic Point, Brighton (creator of)
  • (transparency for the Earl of Zetland Hotel) (creator of)
  • View in the Australian Pyrenees (creator of)
  • Portrait of a Lady (creator of)
  • View on the Clyde (creator of)
  • (transparency for the Victorian Insurance Company) (creator of)
  • (Port Phillip Bay) (creator of)
  • Picnic Point, Brighton (creator of)
  • (transparency for the Earl of Zetland Hotel) (creator of)
  • View in the Australian Pyrenees (creator of)
  • Portrait of a Lady (creator of)
  • View on the Clyde (creator of)
Related collections
  • 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)
  • 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)
Related recognitions
  • Best decorated establishment (received)
  • Best decorated establishment (received)
Related events
  • Auckland Society of Artists (exhibited at)
  • Melbourne Public Library exhibition (None)
  • Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition (None)
  • London International Exhibition (None)
  • Victorian Exhibition (None)
  • Victorian Exhibition of Art (None)
  • Melbourne Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Auckland Society of Artists (exhibited at)
  • Melbourne Public Library exhibition (None)
  • Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition (None)
  • London International Exhibition (None)
  • Victorian Exhibition (None)
  • Victorian Exhibition of Art (None)
  • Melbourne Exhibition (exhibited at)
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