Joseph Jefferson b. 2 February 1829

  • Artist (Painter)
Joseph Jefferson was a landscape and scene-painter and an actor. He was born in 1829 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jefferson made his stage debut when he was only four years old. He came to Sydney in 1862 with his elder son. Jefferson performed in Melbourne, Ballarat, Bendigo, Castlemaine, Tasmania and New Zealand. In 1869 his works were shown at the Melbourne Public Library Exhibition.
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  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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  • Pennsylvania Academy (associate of)
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  • Princess Theatre (associate of)
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  • Pennsylvania Academy (associate of)
  • National Academy, Washington DC (associate of)
  • The Octoroon, (associate of)
  • Princess Theatre (associate of)