John Green b. c.1811

  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Trade engraver and printer, originally from Cork, Ireland, then a resident of Melbourne. Green printed some of the earliest views of Melbourne from lithographs by G.A. Gilbert and Josephy Pittman in 1846. As a professional printer and engraver he advertised in 1840 that he could engraved plates for coffins and dog-collars in two hours.
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Citations

  • Darragh, T.A. (1990), 'The Establishment and Development of Engraving and Lithography in Melbourne to the Time of the Gold Rush’, Willow Bend, NSW.

Initial data sources

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

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