John Nelson b. 1825

Also known as John McKirdy Nelson
  • Artist (Painter)
Nelson was a landscape painter, schoolteacher and police clerk. He painted prolifically as he travelled throughout Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania.
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Citations

  • Moore, W. (1906), 'Studio Sketches: Glimpses of Melbourne Studio Life’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Stilwell , G.T. (1984), 'More Old Tasmanian Prints’, Launceston, Tas. (ed. Craig, C.).

  • (1881), Argus, 05-11.

  • (1859), Cornwall Chronicle, 10-29.

  • (1862), Hobart Town Advertiser, 02-13.

  • (1858), Launceston Examiner, 07-03.

  • (1875), Sydney Mail, 07-10.

  • (1868), Sydney Morning Herald, 01-23.

  • (1858), Tasmanian Telegraph, 10-23.

  • (1860), Walch’s Literary Intelligencer, 09-01.

  • (1870), '[Catalogues]’, Victorian Academy of Arts, Melbourne, Vic.

  • '[Colonial Secretary’s Office /24/184/6739]’, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas.

  • (1859), Cornwall Chronicle, 02-05.

  • (1862), Hobart Town Advertiser, 02-21.

  • (1862), Hobart Town Advertiser, 09-10.

  • (1862), Hobart Town Advertiser, 09-29.

  • (1863), Hobart Town Advertiser, 01-07.

  • (1863), Hobart Town Advertiser, 01-09.

  • (1859), Launceston Examiner, 02-17.

  • (1859), Launceston Examiner, 07-02.

  • (1859), Walch’s Literary Intelligencer, 08-01.

  • '[Colonial Secretary’s Office /80/1]’, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas.

  • '[NS/432/5/148]’, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas.

  • Information sourced from Stilwell, G. T.

  • Information sourced from Callaway, A.

Initial data sources

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

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Related collections
  • Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas. (collected in)
  • Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas. (collected in)