John Gilfillan b. 25 December 1793

Also known as John Alexander Gilfillan
  • Artist (Painter)
After a tumultuous childhood running away to sea, being shipwrecked and press ganged for 8 years, Gilfillan studied art and made it his career. He taught and lectured on art in Glasgow before moving to New Zealand and eventually Australia.
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creator of
Homeward Bound, Dinner Time

possibly the painting now known as 'Immigrants’ Arrival’

 
creator of
Outward Bound, Dinner Time

possibly the painting now known as 'Immigrants’ Departure’

 
creator of
Bargaining with the Natives
 
creator of
Miss Crummer
 
creator of
Exhibition of a 42lb Nugget of Gold at Melbourne
 
creator of
Lady Young
 
creator of
J.B. Neales
 
creator of
Waterhouse's Corner
 
creator of
Port Macquarie
 
creator of
Sir Alfred Stephen
 
creator of
The Family of Thomas Hudson Davis
 
creator of
Interior of a Native Village, or 'Pa'
 
creator of
Dunally Castle
 
creator of
Captain Cook Taking Possession of New South Wales, 1770

engraved by Samuel Calvert was exhibited at the 1866 Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition. Original now lost.

 
creator of
Native Council of War
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creator of
Adelaide in 1851
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creator of
Robinson Crusoe's First Trip from the Wreck
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creator of
Wood', a Steam Boat on the Clyde, 1832
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creator of
Interior of the Andersonian Museum
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creator of
Shipboard celebrations before departure
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creator of
Jean Armour
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creator of
Roslin Castle
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creator of
Self-Portrait in Naval Uniform
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References [<ExternalResource: Appleyard, R.G. (1968), 'Waterhouse's Corner 1849-51', Art Gallery of South Australia Bulletin, 30/2.>, <ExternalResource: Frame, E. (1979), 'Gilfillan and the Maori girls', University of Strathclyde Gazette, Summer.>, <ExternalResource: Webb, S. (1970), 'Major New Zealand art find: Two early Gilfillans "The Immigrants' Departure", "The Immigrants' Arrival"', Arts and Community, 6/8, August.>, <ExternalResource: (21 October 1848), Atlas.>, <ExternalResource: (1900), Burns Chronicle.>, <ExternalResource: Gilfillan, J. (1831), 'Letter to Andrew Henderson', University of Strathclyde Archives, Glasgow, Scotland.>, <ExternalResource: McCrae, G.G. (1903), 'A Victorian worthy - John Alexander Gilfillan R.N. (retired)', Hocken Library, Dunedin, New Zealand, manuscript.>, <ExternalResource: (1996), 'Australian Art: Colonial to Contemporary 1780s-1990s', Deutscher Fine Art catalogue, August, Melbourne, VIC.>]