Walter Mason b. 8 February 1820

Also known as Walter George Mason, W. G. Mason
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
English colonial male wood-engraver and painter who studied in the USA and London. He was known to be generous for various causes, even though he was bankrupted three times.

Citations

  • 'NSW Death Records : 337/1866’.

  • Scott, A. W., 'Australian Lepidoptera’.

  • Mason, Walter George (1857), 'The Australian Picture Pleasure Book’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Barton, G. B. (1866), 'Literature in New South Wales’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Greenop, F. S. (1947), 'History of Magazine Publishing in Australia’, Sydney, NSW.

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

  • Muir, M. (1982), 'A History of Australian Childrens Book Illustration’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Stuart, L. (1979), 'Nineteenth Century Australian Periodicals’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Walker, R. B. (1976), 'The Newspaper Press in Sydney 1803-1920’, Sydney, NSW.

  • (1866), Freeman’s Journal, March, 17.

  • (1852), Sydney Morning Herald, November, 5.

  • Mason, Edward, 'Reminiscences’, (manuscript).

  • Information sourced from Henderson, Beryl.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

  • (1851), 'Adventures in Australia’, London, England, UK.

  • (1856), 'Gurre Kamilaroi’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Atkinson, Louisa (1857), 'Gertrude the Emigrant’, Sydney.

  • (1853), Sydney Morning Herald, October, 8,.

  • (1858), Sydney Morning Herald, December, 7, December, 8.

  • (1862), Sydney Morning Herald, January, 18.

  • (1863), Sydney Morning Herald, May, 27, June, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16.

  • (1866), Sydney Morning Herald, March, 29.

  • (1866), Sydney Morning Herald, January, 30.

See also

  • 'DAA, page 521, W. G. Mason (del. & lith.) Fine Art Exhibition, School of Arts, wood-engraving, Sydney Punch, 10 January 1857'.

Initial data sources

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