William Griffith b. c.1808

Also known as J. Griffiths
  • Artist (Painter)
Colonial portrait painter who lived and worked in Parramatta, NSW. He set up a successful portrait studio there and introduced the novel idea of payment by instalment, thus allowing citizens from all classes the opportunity to have their likenesses taken.
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Citations

  • 'NSW Death Records: 5229/1870’.

  • Buscombe, E. (1978), 'Artists in Early Australia and their Portraits’, Sydney, New South Wales.

  • McDonald, P. R. and Pearce, B. (1988), 'The Artist and the Patron’, Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'Story of Australian Art’, Sydney, New South Wales: Angus & Robertson (facsimile 1980).

  • Rivett, C. (1953), 'The Art Union Story and Old Parramatta’, Parramatta, New South Wales.

  • Sayers, A. (1989), 'Drawing in Australia’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Toy, A.; et al. (1988), 'Hearth and Home’, Sydney, New South Wales: Historic Houses Trust.

  • Buscombe, E. (1979), 'Australian Colonial Portraits’, Hobart, Tasmania: Australian Gallery Directors’ Council catalogue.

  • Information sourced from Chapman, W.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

  • Information sourced from Long, Jeremy.

  • Yeend, P (1992), 'Drawing and Art at The King’s School’, Son et Lumiere, The King’s School, Parramatta.

Initial data sources

  • DAA with additions

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Related collections
  • private collections (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • St John's Church, Parramatta (attrib.), NSW (collected in)
  • The King's School, Parramatta, NSW (collected in)
  • Australasian Pioneers Club, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • private collections (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • St John's Church, Parramatta (attrib.), NSW (collected in)
  • The King's School, Parramatta, NSW (collected in)
  • Australasian Pioneers Club, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)