Robert Neill b. 1801

Also known as J. Neil
  • Artist (Painter)
A public servant, Neill lived alternatively in Hobart and Western Australia, according to his work commitments. He was also an artist who painted a series of works on fish and reptiles and who produced illustrations for Eyre's Journal.
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Citations

  • Richardson, John (Sir ), 'Catalogue of reptiles and fish found at King George’s Sound by Deputy Assistant Commissary General Neill’.

  • Eyre, E.J. (1845), 'Journals of Expedition of Discovery … 1840-41’, London, England, UK, Neill contributed illustrations.

  • Andrew, C. & Jones, Rhys (1976), 'The Tasmanian Aboriginal in Art’, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (catalogue).

  • Craig, C. (1964), 'Old Tasmanian Prints’, Launceston, Tas.

  • (1989), 'Topographical, Colonial and British Paintings’, Phillips Auctioneers, London, England, UK, 10-03: lot. 49.

  • Plomley, N. (1962), 'A list of Tasmanian Aboriginal material in collections in Europe’, [Records of the Queen Victoria Museum Launceston, (n.s., no. 15)], Launceston, Tas.

  • Radford, R. (1976), 'Outlines of Australian Printmaking’, City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic. (catalogue).

  • Swinney, G. (1982), 'Some Richardson type specimens in a collection of Australian fishes, with notes of their collector Robert Neill’, Archives of Natural History, vol. 2, no. 1, London, England, UK.

  • Weidenhofer, M. (1977), 'Maria Island’, Hobart, Tas.

  • (1839), Cornwall Chronicle, 08-17.

  • (1820), Hobart Town Advertiser, 12-02.

  • (1829), Hobart Town Courier, 04-29.

  • (1820), Hobart Town Gazette, 12-02.

  • (1833), Tasmanian, 06-14.

  • '[Scott letterbook]’, Allport Library and Museum of Fine Art, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas.

  • 'Colonial Secretary’s Office/1/210/4999’, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.

  • (1966), 'Friendly Mission: The Tasmanian Journals and Papers of George Augustus Robinson 1829-1834’, Sandy Bay, Tas., [Plomley, N. (ed.)].

  • (1830), Hobart Town Courier, 08-28.

  • (1831), Hobart Town Courier, 03-22.

  • (1834), Hobart Town Courier, 07-04.

  • (1842), Hobart Town Courier, 04-27.

  • 'Colonial Secretary’s Office/1/812/17370’, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas.

  • 'Colonial Secretary’s Office/5/198/4754’, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas.

  • 'GO/1/36/346’, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas.

  • 'GO/33/32’, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas.

  • Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.

  • Information sourced from Swinney, Geoffrey.

  • Eyre, E.J. (1845), 'Journals’, London, England, UK.

Initial data sources

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

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Related collections
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • University Museum, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (collected in)
  • Natural History Department, Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh (collected in)
  • Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • University Museum, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (collected in)
  • Natural History Department, Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh (collected in)
  • Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)