John Mitchel b. 1815

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher, amateur photographer(?) and journalist, was an Irish political prisoner transported to Van Diemen's Land. He sketched Tasmanian views and took many daguerreotypes.
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Name
John Mitchel
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Journalist (ANZSIC code: 9002)
Birth date
1815
Birth place
Ireland
Death date
20 March 1875
Death place
Ireland
Active Period
  • c.1851 - c.1868
Arrival
  • April 1850 (At Hobart Town aboard the 'Neptune'.)
Residence
  • Ireland
  • New York, NY, USA
  • 1850 - 1853 Van Diemen's Land, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Mitchel, John (1868), 'My Jail Journal, or Five Years in British Prisons'.>, <ExternalResource: Rude, G. (1967), 'John Mitchel', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Brown, P. (1987), 'The Challicum Sketchbook', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Cato, J. (1955), 'The Story of the Camera in Australia', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Mitchel, J. (1988), 'The Gardens of Hell: John Mitchel in Van Diemen's Land 1850-1853', Kenthurst, NSW [O'Shaughnessy, P. (ed.)].>] [<ExternalResource: Mitchel, John (1868), 'My Jail Journal, or Five Years in British Prisons'.>]