Frederick Strange b. c.1807

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Shipped to Tasmania for robbing a grocery shop, Strange established himself as a portrait painter in Launceston where he also painted a number of views of the town, many of which are now held in the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston. After a time spent working as a colourist and retoucher of daguerreotypes for C.A.H. Williamson, Strange ironically turned to the grocery business.

Citations

  • Allport, H. (1931), 'Early art in Tasmania’, Hobart, Tas. : Mercury, 08-20, ALSO: 1931-08-21; 1931-08-24; 1931-08-25.

  • Button, H. (1909), 'Flotsam and Jetsam’, Launceston, Tas : (n.d.).

  • Craig, C.; & Mead, I. (1963), 'Frederick Strange artist c.1807-1873’, Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, Volume 97.

  • Lake, Robyn; and Mulfor, Therese (2002), 'A stranger to the town: The life of colonial painter Frederick Strange’, Australiana, August, pp. 68-88.

  • Moore, W. (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, Sydney, NSW : Angus and Robertson (facsimile reprint, 1980), 2 volumes.

  • (1851), Hobart Town Advertiser, 03-07.

  • 'Davidson Papers’, Hobart, Tas : Archives Office of Tasmania.

  • Hobart, Tas : Archives Office of Tasmania [CON 18/18 CON 31/41].

  • Sydney, NSW : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, manuscript, A1059/9.

Initial data sources

  • DAA with additions