Robert Russell b. 1808

  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Despite Russell's extensive work as a sketcher, amateur photographer, etcher, lithographer, carver, architect and surveyor, he is still better known for his work ethic and attitude. He spent the good part of thirty years shuffling between Sydney and Melbourne, at logger heads with colleague and superiors.
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Name
Robert Russell
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Surveyor
Birth date
1808
Birth place
Kennington Common, London, England, UK
Death date
10 April 1900
Death place
Melbourne, Vic.
Active Period
  • c.1823 - c.1900
Arrival
  • 1860
  • 24 September 1833 (Arrived in the 'Sir John Rae Reid'.)
Residence
  • c.1856 - c.1900 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1856 - 1860 England, UK
  • c.1843 (Port Albert and Wilson's Promontory. )
  • 1838 - 1856 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1837 Sydney, NSW
  • 1836 Melbourne, Vic. (Port Phillip District settlement )
  • 1833 - 1835 Sydney, NSW
  • 1832 - 1833 England, UK
  • 1830 - 1831 Drogheda, Ireland
  • 1828 - 1830 London, England, UK
  • 1823 - 1828 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Arrivals
  • 1860
  • 24 September 1833 (Arrived in the 'Sir John Rae Reid'.)
  • 1860
  • 24 September 1833 (Arrived in the 'Sir John Rae Reid'.)
Related people
  • Nash, John Franklin (associate of)
  • Martens, Conrad (associate of)
  • Hoddle, Robert (associate of)
  • Smith, James (relative of)
  • King, Phillip Parker (associate of)
  • La Trobe, Charles Joseph (associate of)
  • Montefiore, Eliezer (associate of)
  • Panton, Alice (associate of)
  • Panton, Joseph Anderson (associate of)
  • Austin, J. G. (associate of)
  • Laing, Charles (associate of)
  • Leslie, Margaret (child of)
  • Burn, William (associate of)
  • Mitchell, T. L. (associate of)
  • Matthew, Felton (associate of)
  • Collis, Mary Ann (spouse of)
  • Strzelecki, Paul (associate of)
  • Daguerr, (associate of)
  • Nash, John Franklin (associate of)
  • Martens, Conrad (associate of)
  • Hoddle, Robert (associate of)
  • Smith, James (relative of)
  • King, Phillip Parker (associate of)
  • La Trobe, Charles Joseph (associate of)
  • Montefiore, Eliezer (associate of)
  • Panton, Alice (associate of)
  • Panton, Joseph Anderson (associate of)
  • Austin, J. G. (associate of)
  • Lonsdale, William (associate of)
  • Laing, Charles (associate of)
  • Leslie, Margaret (child of)
  • Burn, William (associate of)
  • Mitchell, T. L. (associate of)
  • Matthew, Felton (associate of)
  • Collis, Mary Ann (spouse of)
  • Strzelecki, Paul (associate of)
  • Daguerr, (associate of)
Related person groups
  • Abraham & Donthorne (associate of)
  • Ordnance Survey at Drogheda (associate of)
  • Melbourne Club (associate of)
  • Melbourne Cricket Club (associate of)
  • Survey Department (associate of)
  • Abraham & Donthorne (associate of)
  • Ordnance Survey at Drogheda (associate of)
  • Melbourne Club (associate of)
  • Melbourne Cricket Club (associate of)
  • Survey Department (associate of)
Related works
  • Birds painted on marble (creator of)
  • View from Batman's Hill February 8, 1844, Looking North-West (creator of)
  • Melbourne from the Falls (creator of)
  • Lithographic Drawings of Sydney and its Environs in 1836 (creator of)
  • Birds painted on marble (creator of)
  • View from Batman's Hill February 8, 1844, Looking North-West (creator of)
  • Melbourne from the Falls (creator of)
  • Lithographic Drawings of Sydney and its Environs in 1836 (creator of)
Related collections
  • untitled (collected in)
  • City of Ballaarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic. (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • untitled (collected in)
  • City of Ballaarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic. (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Field Changes
Biography
Date modified April 10, 2011, 10:26 p.m. April 10, 2011, 10:26 p.m.