Scipio M. Clint b. 1830 UK

  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, scene-painter, drawing teacher and vocal impressionist. Resident of Melbourne and Sydney.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
Scipio M. Clint
Birth date
c.1830
Birth place
UK
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • January 1855- April 1855 Jamison Street, Sydney, NSW
  • 1854- April 1855 Sydney, NSW
  • 25 November 1852- 1854 Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1830- c.5 August 1852 London, England, UK
Other Occupation
  • Vocal impressionist
  • Drawing teacher
Arrival
  • 25 November 1852 (Arrived Melbourne, Victoria.)
Active Period
  • c.1854- c.1855
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

painter, scene-painter, drawing teacher and vocal impressionist, was most probably a son of Scipio Clint, medallist to William IV and seal-engraver to Queen Victoria, hence a nephew of Raphael Clint and first cousin of Alfred Clint . Scipio M. Clint left London on 5 August 1852 and reached Melbourne on 25 November. In 1854 he came to Sydney and held a one-man show at the Royal Hotel, which opened on 4 September. His strength lay in his 'many surprising Vocal Illusions’ and he appeared as five different characters, including the Hon. Charles Languid, 'a fashionable gent’, and Miss Amelia Snowblossom, 'a very agreeable young lady’. He also did animal imitations. The first part of the evening’s entertainment, however, consisted of the exhibition of Clint’s 'splendid Collection of Pictures of Old English Scenery, illustrative of the life of Shakespeare’.

In January 1855 'Mr Clint’ announced his partnership with Mr Thomas (probably Edmund Thomas ) as portrait and landscape painters and lithographic and general draughtsmen. At their Jamison Street studio they offered lessons in oil and watercolour painting, chalk and pencil drawing and perspective. They were also willing to visit schools and private residences. By April they were working as scenic artists at the Royal Victoria Theatre with John Fry .

Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
relative of
Raphael Clint
1797
Artist (Printmaker)
relative of
Alfred Clint
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Mr Thomas
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
relative of
Alfred Clint
1843
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
Possible relative.
associate of
John V. Fry
Artist (Painter)
associate of
E. & R. Quarrill
Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
George Curtis Fawcett Rowe
1832
Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Edmund Thomas
1827
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Royal Victoria Theatre
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Royal Hotel
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
[One-man show]
1854
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Royal Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Citations:
  • Shipping lists, (Place: Melbourne, Vic : Public Records Office)
  • Gunnis, R., Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851, (Place: London, England, UK : no date (rev. edn))