William Light b. 27 April 1786

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
A former director of the Art Gallery of South Australia, he declared: 'there is little doubt that had Colonel Light decided to devote his genius and energies to painting he would have achieved as great a fame as the one he achieved as the founder of Adelaide'.
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Citations

  • Elder, D. (1976), 'William Light’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, volume 2, Melbourne 1966-1976.

  • Carroll, A (1981), 'Graven Images in the Promised Land’, Catalogue, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Adelaide, SA.

  • Dutton, G. (1960), 'Founder of a City’, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Light, W. (1984), 'Brief Journal’, New Edition, Adelaide, SA.

  • Mayo, M. (1937), 'The Life and Letters of William Light’, Adelaide, SA.

  • Tregenza, J. (1981), ''he visual dimension of colonial history’, Art and Australia 19/1, January, 19.

  • (1984), 'Living History Exhibition’, City Hall catalogue, Adelaide, SA.

  • (1984), 'Pre-Australian Paintings’, City Hall catalogue, Adelaide, SA.

  • Elder, D. (1963), 'Colonel W. Light’s Brief Journal’, South Australiana 2/1, March.

  • Elder, D. (1963), South Australiana 2/1, March.

  • Elder, D. (1966), 'William Light as an artist: A biographical excursion’, South Australiana 5/1, March.

  • Elder, D. (1987), 'The Art of William Light’, Adelaide, SA.

  • (1966), 'William Light: Catalogue of an Exhibition’, Adelaide, SA.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related collections
  • The Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Mortlock Library of South Australiana, State Library of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Adelaide Town Hall, South Australia (collected in)
  • The Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Mortlock Library of South Australiana, State Library of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Adelaide Town Hall, South Australia (collected in)