John Paterson Campbell b. c.1829

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher and public servant in Tasmania.
You are viewing the version of bio from Aug. 22, 2011, 5:26 p.m. (moderator approved).
Revert to this revision Go to current record

sketcher and public servant, second son of Rev. and Mrs Peter Campbell, came to Van Diemen’s Land with his parents in about 1839. Employed first by the Bank of Australasia, he joined the Treasury in 1852 and remained with that department until his death in Hobart Town on 28 March 1868. On 3 December 1859 he was married to Mary Ann Norris in a Presbyterian ceremony at Stoney Creek, near Hobart.

Campbell was a committee member and subscriber to the 1858 Hobart Town Art-Treasures Exhibition but exhibited none of his own art. His only known works are four undated pencil sketches (c. 1860): The Rocks, Bellerive Bluff and a tree study (Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts) and two drawings in a private collection (NSW). An unverified note by his great-great-nephew, Henry Allport, states that J.P. Campbell was a pupil of T.E. Chapman . He was also a friend of W.C. Piguenit .

This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography.

Writers:
Glover, Margaret Note:
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011

Difference between this version and previous

Field This Version Previous Version
Related people
  • Allport, Henry (relative of)
  • Piguenit, W. C. (associate of)
  • Allport, Henry (relative of)