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).

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 events
  • S.T. Gill, the South Australian Years 1839 1852 (exhibited at)
  • Victorian Jubilee Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • (solo exhibition of drawings) (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition of Pictures, by Colonial Artists (None)
  • S.T. Gill, the South Australian Years 1839 1852 (exhibited at)
  • Victorian Jubilee Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • (solo exhibition of drawings) (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da197beb538b73d9300bdb1')) (exhibited at)