Thomas Robertson b. c.1819

  • Artist (Painter)
The Hobart Town Courier called Thomas Robertson, "one of the best marine painters in the Australian colonies".
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Name
Thomas Robertson
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Inspector of steamers
  • Secretary
  • Master of the barque
  • captain
  • Master mariner
Birth date
c.1819
Birth place
Manchester, England, UK, Manchester?, England, UK
Birth note
Place uncertain
Death date
c.1875
Death place
Yokohama, Japan
Active Period
  • c.1853 - c.1865
Residence
  • Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
  • Alma Place, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria
  • c.1853 Melbourne, Victoria
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related stub person groups
  • Victorian Fine Arts Society (associate of)
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  • Hobson's Bay (The Red Jacket, Lightning and James Baines in Hobson's Bay) (creator of)
  • The Red Bluff (creator of)
  • Lady Bird (creator of)
  • Sun-Set in the Bay of Rio [de] Janeiro (creator of)
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Related collections
  • Hocken Library, Dunedin, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Canterbury Museum, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Joseph Brown Collection (collected in)
  • Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne (collected in)
  • Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, New South Wales (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • New Zealand Exhibition (received)
Related events
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da1a140b538b73d930174ba')) (exhibited at)
  • New Zealand Exhibition (exhibited at)