Art in Tasmania : glimpses of early days, history in pictures, old times at the exhibition
Title:
Art in Tasmania : glimpses of early days, history in pictures, old times at the exhibition / by Henry Allport.
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Publication Information:
[Hobart, Tas.] : s.n., 1931] (Mercury Press)
Physical description:
8 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Caption title.
"Reprinted from 'The Mercury' of 20th, 21st, 22nd, 24th and 25th August, 1931"--Colophon.
Contents:
Origins of art -- The navigators -- Early artists -- Lycett -- Bock -- Bock's sons -- John Glover -- Arrival in Tasmania -- Duterreau -- John Skinner Prout -- Convict artists -- Wainewright -- Criminal career -- Glover or Strange? -- Early amateur artists -- George Frankland -- First woman artist [Mary Morton Allport] -- Thomas E. Chapman -- Mrs. Meredith -- Simpkinson -- Morton Allport -- H.G. Lloyd -- F. Dunnett -- Beauchamp.
Summary:
Contains brief biographical information about early artists Joseph Lycett, Thomas Bock, John Glover, Benjamin Duterreau, John Skinner Prout, William Barlow [i.e. Buelow] Gould, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, Frederick Strange, George William Evans, George Frankland, Mary Morton Allport, Thomas E. Chapman, Louisa Ann Meredith, Francis Guillemard Simpkinson, Morton Allport, Henry Grant Lloyd, Frank Dunnett, and Robert Proctor Beauchamp.
Alternate Title:
Cover title: Early art in Tasmania : souvenir of Art, Antique and Historical Exhibition, Hobart, 1931
Record ID:
SD_ILS:460874