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 (ANZSIC code: 6922)
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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References [<ExternalResource: Russell, R. (May 1849), 'The heart', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia, (unpub. romance), May 1849, (Manuscript 571), .>, <ExternalResource: Preston, H. (1967), 'Robert Russell', Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, A. (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', Melbourne, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (2nd edn).>, <ExternalResource: Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art', Sydney, NSW : Angus and Robertson, 2 volumes, (facsimile reprint, 1980).>, <ExternalResource: Newton, G. (1988), 'Shades of Light', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: de Serville, P. (1980), 'Port Phillip Gentlemen', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: 'Russell Papers', Royal Historical Society of Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Newton, G., 'Biographical notes on 9 persons mostly surveyors and explorers', Sydney, NSW : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales (copy).>, <ExternalResource: Tibbits, G.; et al., 'Robert Russell', Melbourne, Vic : 'Directory of Victorian architects', University of Melbourne, (Manuscript).>] [<ExternalResource: Russell, R. (May 1849), 'The heart', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia, (unpub. romance), May 1849, (Manuscript 571), .>]