Robert Hawker Dowling b. 4 July 1827

Also known as Robert Dowling
  • Artist (Painter)
With subjects ranging from Aboriginal to Bibical and orientalist scenes, Dowling was the first to establish the pattern of expatriate exploitation of home patronage, which became such a marked aspect of subsequent Australian art history.
You are viewing the version of bio from Nov. 27, 2012, 2:59 p.m. , as edited by Ran He (moderator approved).
Revert to this revision Go to current record

Citations

  • Stilwell, G.T. (April 1963), 'Mr & Mrs George Carr Clark of “Ellinthorp Hall”’, Proceedings of the Tasmanian Historical Research Association 11/3, .

  • Craig, C. and Mead, I. (June 1963), 'Frederick Strange—Artist c.1807 1873’, Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 97, .

  • Cosens, S. (1869), 'Tribute of Affection to the Memory of Henry Dowling’.

  • Mead, I. (1966), 'Henry Dowling’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 1, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Bonyhady, T. (1986), 'Australian Colonial Paintings in the Australian National Gallery’, Melbourne.

  • Button, H. (c.1909), 'Flotsam and Jetsam’, Launceston, n.d.

  • Chapman, B. (11 September 1982), 'The puzzle of the Dowling picture’, Mercury, Hobart.

  • Dowling, C. and Dowling, N. (comp.) (1884), 'The Dowling Family Tree’, London.

  • Eagle, Mary and Jones, John (1994), 'A story of Australian painting: A history based on the ICI Australian collection’, Sydney, NSW: Macmillian.

  • Henderson, A. (1936), 'Pioneering Families of Victoria and Riverina’, Melbourne.

  • Ingram, T. (4 June 1982), 'Saleroom’, Australian Financial Review.

  • Jones, J. (1987), 'Robert Dowling’s visit to the Western District of Victoria in 1856’, Art and Australia vol. 25 no. 1.

  • Kolenberg, H. and Kolenberg, J. (1988), 'Tasmanian Vision’, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart.

  • Plomley, N. (1964), 'Thomas Bock’s portraits of the Tasmanian Aborigines’, Records of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, 18, Launceston, Tasmania, n.s.

  • (1877), 'Mr Dowling’s Oriental Picture’, Launceston, Tasmania.

  • (25 August 1960), Atlas, London.

  • (26 October 1852), Colonial Times, Hobart, Tasmania.

  • (14 April 1860), Cornwall Chronicle, Great Britain.

  • (17 October 1886), Leader, Launceston, Tasmania.

  • (18 July 1881), Once a Month, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.

  • Mead, I. (c.1970), 'Robert Hawker Dowling’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 4, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Jones, J. (1987), 'Robert Dowling’s visit to the Western District of Victoria in 1856’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

  • Plomley, N. (1961), 'Pictures of the Tasmanian Aborigines by Robert Dowling’, Annual Bulletin of the National Gallery of Victoria, 3.

  • Information sourced from Bruce, C.

  • (1885), Once a Month, 16 Feb, 16 March, 15 July.

  • (1886), Once a Month, 15 July, 25 Aug.

  • (1871), Tasmanian, 24 June, 7 Sept.

  • (22 June 1861), London Review.

Initial data sources

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

Difference between this version and previous

Field This Version Previous Version
Date modified Nov. 27, 2012, 2:59 p.m. Oct. 19, 2011, 1:47 p.m.
Alternative names
  • Robert Dowling
  • Robert Dowling
Arrivals
  • 1834
  • 1834
Related people
  • Strange, Frederick (associate of)
  • Bock, Alfred (associate of)
  • Bock, Thomas (associate of)
  • West, John (associate of)
  • Button, Henry (associate of)
  • Woolley, Charles Alfred (associate of)
  • Connolly, (associate of)
  • Glover, John (associate of)
  • Dowling, Henry (sibling of)
  • Carr Clark, George (associate of)
  • Medland, J. G. (associate of)
  • Dowling, Henry (child of)
  • Dowling, Elizabeth (child of)
  • Dowling, Thomas (sibling of)
  • Dowling, Arabella (spouse of)
  • Dowling, Marion Beckford (parent of)
  • Grants, Alice (associate of)
  • Strange, Frederick (associate of)
  • Bock, Alfred (associate of)
  • Bock, Thomas (associate of)
  • West, John (associate of)
  • Button, Henry (associate of)
  • Woolley, Charles Alfred (associate of)
  • Connolly, (associate of)
  • Glover, John (associate of)
  • Dowling, Henry (sibling of)
  • Carr Clark, George (associate of)
  • Medland, J. G. (associate of)
  • Dowling, Henry (child of)
  • Dowling, Elizabeth (child of)
  • Dowling, Thomas (sibling of)
  • Dowling, Arabella (spouse of)
  • Dowling, Marion Beckford (parent of)
  • Grants, Alice (associate of)
Related person groups
  • Victorian Academy of Arts (associate of)
  • Royal Academy (associate of)
  • Royal Society of British Artists (associate of)
  • Victorian Academy of Arts (associate of)
  • Royal Academy (associate of)
  • Royal Society of British Artists (associate of)
Related works
  • Rev. John West (creator of)
  • George William Evans (creator of)
  • The Consultation (creator of)
  • Sir Redmond Barry (creator of)
  • Sir Henry Loch, Governor of Victoria (creator of)
  • James Smith (creator of)
  • Portrait of Mary Drysdale (creator of)
  • A Sheikh and His Son Entering Cairo, on Their Return from a Pilgrimage to Mecca (creator of)
  • Aborigines in a Bark Hut (creator of)
  • Miriam (creator of)
  • The Baptism of Christ (creator of)
  • Grandfather's Visit (creator of)
  • The Presentation in the Temple (creator of)
  • Raising of Lazarus (creator of)
  • To the Opera (creator of)
  • Early Effort - Art in Australia (creator of)
  • Group of Natives of Tasmania (creator of)
  • Henry Dowling Junior (creator of)
  • Self-portrait (creator of)
  • Mrs. Adolphus Sceales with Black Jimmie on Merrang Station (creator of)
  • A Native Group (creator of)
  • Masters George, William and Miss Harriet Ware with an Aboriginal Servant (creator of)
  • A Group of Natives of Spring Creek (creator of)
  • Minjah in the Old Time (creator of)
  • Mrs Charles Kernot (creator of)
  • Mr Charles Kernot (creator of)
  • Right Rev. Charles Perry (creator of)
  • Maria Dowling (creator of)
  • Rev. Henry Dowling (creator of)
  • Mrs Hannah Dowling (creator of)
  • Henry Fleming (creator of)
  • Captain Frederick Edmund Chalmers (creator of)
  • Rev. Henry Dowling (creator of)
  • Mrs Charles Buckland (creator of)
  • Mr Charles Buckland (creator of)
  • Elizabeth Fleming (creator of)
  • Mr William Field (creator of)
  • Mrs William Field (creator of)
  • Rev. John West (creator of)
  • George William Evans (creator of)
  • The Consultation (creator of)
  • Sir Redmond Barry (creator of)
  • Sir Henry Loch, Governor of Victoria (creator of)
  • James Smith (creator of)
  • Portrait of Mary Drysdale (creator of)
  • A Sheikh and His Son Entering Cairo, on Their Return from a Pilgrimage to Mecca (creator of)
  • Aborigines in a Bark Hut (creator of)
  • Miriam (creator of)
  • The Baptism of Christ (creator of)
  • Grandfather's Visit (creator of)
  • The Presentation in the Temple (creator of)
  • Raising of Lazarus (creator of)
  • To the Opera (creator of)
  • Early Effort - Art in Australia (creator of)
  • Group of Natives of Tasmania (creator of)
  • Henry Dowling Junior (creator of)
  • Self-portrait (creator of)
  • Mrs. Adolphus Sceales with Black Jimmie on Merrang Station (creator of)
  • A Native Group (creator of)
  • Masters George, William and Miss Harriet Ware with an Aboriginal Servant (creator of)
  • A Group of Natives of Spring Creek (creator of)
  • Minjah in the Old Time (creator of)
  • Mrs Charles Kernot (creator of)
  • Mr Charles Kernot (creator of)
  • Right Rev. Charles Perry (creator of)
  • Maria Dowling (creator of)
  • Rev. Henry Dowling (creator of)
  • Mrs Hannah Dowling (creator of)
  • Henry Fleming (creator of)
  • Captain Frederick Edmund Chalmers (creator of)
  • Rev. Henry Dowling (creator of)
  • Mrs Charles Buckland (creator of)
  • Mr Charles Buckland (creator of)
  • Elizabeth Fleming (creator of)
  • Mr William Field (creator of)
  • Mrs William Field (creator of)
Related collections
  • Royal Anthropological Institute, London (collected in)
  • British Museum, London (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, South Australia (collected in)
  • Northern Region Library, State Library of Tasmania, Launceston (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston (collected in)
  • Van Diemen's Land Folk Museum, Battery Point, Hobart (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart (collected in)
  • Warrnambool Art Gallery (collected in)
  • City of Ballaarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria (collected in)
  • Joseph Brown Collection, Melbourne, Victoria (collected in)
  • Supreme Court Library, Melbourne, Victoria (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney (collected in)
  • University of Queensland (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane (collected in)
  • Royal Anthropological Institute, London (collected in)
  • British Museum, London (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, South Australia (collected in)
  • Northern Region Library, State Library of Tasmania, Launceston (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston (collected in)
  • Van Diemen's Land Folk Museum, Battery Point, Hobart (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart (collected in)
  • Warrnambool Art Gallery (collected in)
  • City of Ballaarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria (collected in)
  • Joseph Brown Collection, Melbourne, Victoria (collected in)
  • Supreme Court Library, Melbourne, Victoria (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney (collected in)
  • University of Queensland (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane (collected in)
Related events
  • Colonial and Indian Exhibition (None)
  • Exhibitio of oil paintings by Robert Dowling (exhibited at)
  • Victorians' Jubilee Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Launceston Mechanics Institute exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Geelong Mechanics Institute Exhibition (None)
  • Launceston Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Colonial and Indian Exhibition (None)
  • Exhibitio of oil paintings by Robert Dowling (exhibited at)
  • Victorians' Jubilee Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Launceston Mechanics Institute exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Geelong Mechanics Institute Exhibition (None)
  • Launceston Exhibition (exhibited at)
Field Changes
Biography
Date modified April 10, 2011, 9:39 p.m. April 10, 2011, 9:39 p.m.