Francis Simpkinson b. 1819 London, England, UK

Also known as:
  • Francis Guillemard Simpkinson
  • Simpkinson de Wesselow
  • Artist (Draughtsman) , (Painter)
Francis Guillemard Simpkinson was a painter, diarist and naval officer. In 1845 at the Hobart Town Art Exhibition, (the first major fine arts exhibition in any of the Australian colonies), Simpkinson showed one watercolour.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
Francis Simpkinson
Also known as:
  • Francis Guillemard Simpkinson
  • Simpkinson de Wesselow
Birth date
26 May 1819
Birth place
London, England, UK
Death date
4 December 1906
Death place
London, England, UK
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • La Cava, Cannes, France
  • Grosvenor Mansions, Victoria Street, London, England, UK
  • Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (TAS)
  • Victoria
Other Occupation
  • naval officer
Active Period
  • 1835- 1947
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

painter, diarist and naval officer, was born in London on 26 May 1819, son of John Augustus Francis Simpkinson (later Sir Francis Simpkinson QC), barrister and sometime treasurer of Lincoln’s Inn, and Mary, née Griffin, a sister of Jane Franklin, second wife of Sir John Franklin, governor of Van Diemen’s Land.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Thomas Bock
1790
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
John Skinner Prout
1805
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Peter Gordon Fraser
1808
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Sir William Denison
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Bishop F. R. Nixon
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
relative of
Sir John Franklin
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
relative of
Jane Franklin
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
John Augustus Francis Simpkinson
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
née Griffin Mary Simpkinson
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
relative of
Abraham De Wesselow
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Lord George William Russel
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Captain Edward Belcher
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Dr Joseph Milligan
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
spouse of
née Wagner Emily Simpkinson (de Wesselow)
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
relative of
George Henry Malcolm Wagner
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Bishop H. H. Montgomery
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
relative of
Rev Charles Hare Simpkinson
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
James Ludovic Burnett
1814
associate of
Charles Burrell Cumberland
1828
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
William Porden Kay
1809
Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Francis Russell Nixon
1803
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Charles Stanley
1819
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Charles Henry Woolcott
1821
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Royal Society of Tasmania, TAS
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Night
Wine Glass Bay (The Schoutens)
Maria Island, from Little Swan Port
Part of Hobarton, from Knocklofty
View of Loch Lomond, Scotland
Collections
Hobart Town Art Exhibition
1845
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land , Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
Citations:
  • Savours, A. and McConnell, A., (1982), The history of the Ross Bank Observatory, Tasmania, (Place: Annals of Science 39)
  • Kolenberg, H. and Kolenberg, J., (1988), Tasmanian Vision, (Place: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery catalogue, Hobart, TAS)
  • Angus, M., (1984), Simpkinson De Wesselow: Landscape Painter in Van Diemen's Land and the Port Phillip District 1844-1848, (Place: Hobart, TAS (and bibliography))