William Nicholas b. c.1807

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
A watercolourist, etcher and lithographer who liked to depict Shakespearian and mythological subjects. He was best known for his portraits and actively took part in various exhibitions around Australia.

Citations

  • Abbott, G. & Little, G. (1876), 'The Respectable Sydney Merchant: A.B. Spark of Tempe’, Sydney, NSW.

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

  • Dixson, W. (1919), 'Notes on Australian artists’, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Volume 5, Number 5.

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

  • Moore, W. (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, NSW (2 volumes).

  • Ormond, R. (1973), 'Early Victorian Portraits’, London, England, UK.

  • Rae, J. (1874), 'Gleanings from My Scrap Book’, Sydney, NSW (3rd series).

  • (1979), Art and Australia, June, Volume 6, Number 4.

  • (1853), Bell’s Life in Sydney, 12-24.

  • (1838), Commercial Journal and Advertiser, 11-17.

  • (1844), Sydney Dispatch, 12-14.

  • (1843), Sydney Record, 10-07.

  • (1844), Weekly Register, 12-14.

  • 'Notes on William Nicholas’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (PXn 39).

  • Information sourced from Neville, Richard.

  • Information sourced from Wielinga, W.

  • Buscombe, E. (1980), 'Portraits of the Aborigines’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Dixson, W., 'Notes on Australian artists’, Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (manuscript WD53).

  • (1847), Sydney Morning Herald, 05-17.

  • (1847), Sydney Morning Herald, 07-03.

  • Information sourced from Chapman, W.

See also

  • 'William Nicholas, (A Family Group) n.d., watercolour, 32 x 40cm. Bridget McDonnell Gallery (Victoria) and Sotheby's Australia.'.

Initial data sources

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