John Ferres b. 1818

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
A skilled sketcher and printer Ferres was appointed government printer of Victoria in 1851 and received a decoration from the French government for his printing work.
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Citations

  • Ferres, J. (1871), 'William Caxton: A Contribution in Commemoration of the Festival Held in Melbourne To Celebrate the Fourth Centenary of the First Printing in the English Language’.

  • Forster, H. W. (c.1972), 'John Ferres’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, [eds. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward], Melbourne, Vic.

  • Information sourced from Bell, Christine.

Initial data sources

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

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