Samuel Gill b. 21 May 1818

Also known as S. T. Gill, T. G. S., Samuel Thomas Gill
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Colonial era watercolourist, lithographer and presumably photographer who documented exploration and the Gold Rush in Australia.
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Citations

  • (13 May 1865), 'Bell’s Life in Sydney’.

  • Gill, S. T. (1865), 'The Australian Sketchbook’.

  • Sherer, John, 'The Gold-Finder of Australia: How He Went, How He Fared and How He Made His Fortune’, England, contains forty-eight engravings attributed to W.A. Nicholls but obviously taken from Gill.

  • (1840), 'South Australian Register’, Adelaide, South Australia, 03-07, 1845-11-08; 1847-02-13.

  • (1852), 'Argus’, Melbourne, Victoira, 08-20, 1912-09-14; 1912-09-21.

  • (1853), 'Armchair’, 09-24, 1854-02-11.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, 2 vols, (facsimile reprint, 1930).

  • Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape’.

See also

  • 'sardonic self-portrait by Gill reproduced in Geoffrey Caban A Fine Line p.5 (colour)'.
  • 'Zealous gold diggers, Bendigo, July 1st, 1852, coloured lithograph, NLA (NK586/10), NLA News Oct 1999, p. 10'.
  • 'Native Dignity, b/w on sepia lithographic version, ML Pf19; (Policeman meeting robber on street corner) known as The Trap, 1850s watercolour, NLA Pictorial Collection, included in 1992 NLA exhibition, On The Street Where You Live, NLA News, Dec 1992, p. 9.'.
  • 'Coffee Tent & Sly Grog Shop, Diggers Breakfast, 1852, lithograph and The Claim Disputed, 1852, lithograph, NLA News, October 2000, p. 7'.

Initial data sources

  • DAA with additions

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Related collections
  • private collections (collected in)
  • Royal Commonwealth Society, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, VIC (collected in)
  • City of Ballaarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Special Collections, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • private collections (collected in)
  • Royal Commonwealth Society, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, VIC (collected in)
  • City of Ballaarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)