George Jackson

  • Artist (Painter)
Watercolourist and master mariner, was master of the Socrates, which visited Portland, Victoria in about 1836. There he painted a watercolour, 'View of Portland Bay', which is now held in the La Trobe Collection of the State Library of Victoria.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
George Jackson
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • Portland, Vic.
Other Occupation
  • Master mariner
Active Period
  • c.1836
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

watercolourist and master mariner, was master of the Socrates , which visited Portland, Victoria in about 1836. There he painted a watercolour, View of Portland Bay (LT), inscribed on the back:

View of Portland Bay shewing the anchorage bringing the Huts to bear about S.W. & about half a mile from shore will give you five & a half fathom water of a good holding ground Commencing from the Lawrence Island to the Eastward and ending to the Westward at about the head of the Bay. Portland Bay is about 19 miles across affording a bold show on the other side—The “Socraty” Brig rode out an Easterly Gale for seven days during which time she was riding by one anchor. My opinion of Portland Bay is that it is a very superior anchorage. George Jackson Master Brig Socraty.

Jackson was married to Jane Douglass on 19 October 1847.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
spouse of
Jane Douglass
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
View of Portland Bay
Date
1836
Collections
Citations:
  • Glover, A., (1980), Victorian Treasures from the La Trobe Collection, (Place: State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.)
  • Downer, C. & Phipps, J., (1985), Victorian Vision: 1834 Onwards, (Place: National Gallery of Victoria catalogue, Melbourne, Vic.)