Henry Gilbert Jones b. c.1804

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher, engraver, pharmacist and farmer, he produced a series of etchings in the 1840s which constitute some of the earliest views of Melbourne.

Citations

  • Darragh, T.A. (1990), 'The Establishment and Development of Engraving and Lithography in Melbourne to the Time of the Gold Rush’, Willow Bend, NSW.

  • Harris, E. (1937), 'Early Melbourne pictures. A historic find’, Melbourne, Vic.: Herald, 11-27.

  • McCulloch, A. (1977), 'Artists of the Australian Gold Rush’, Melbourne, Vic. : Lansdowne.

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

  • (1980), 'Australian Colonial Art’, Deutscher Fine Art catalogue, Melbourne, Vic., April-May.

  • (1965), 'F.G. Coles’ Australiana Collection’, G. Renard & L. Joel catalogue, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Information sourced from Uhl, Jean.

  • (1847), Port Phillip Almanac.

  • McCulloch, A. (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Melbourne, Vic.: Hutchinson of Australia (2nd edn).

  • Information sourced from Thomson, Joyce A.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870