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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Birds painted on marble
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creator of
View from Batman's Hill February 8, 1844, Looking North-West
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creator of
Melbourne from the Falls
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creator of
Lithographic Drawings of Sydney and its Environs in 1836
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  • Russell, Robert (child of)
  • Nash, John Franklin (associate of)
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  • Smith, James (relative of)
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  • Melbourne from the Falls (creator of)
  • View from Batman's Hill February 8, 1844, Looking North-West (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)
Related recognitions
  • Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition (received)