John William Hardwick b. 1826

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Sketcher and storekeeper, migrated from England and finally settled near Mudgee, NSW. In the mid 1850s he filled a number of sketchbooks with watercolour and pencil views in Van Diemen's Land, New South Wales and Victoria.

Citations

  • Evans, S. (1983), 'Historic Sydney as seen by its Early Artists’, Sydney, NSW.

  • 'J.W. Hardwick Letters’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (microfilm).

  • Information sourced from Hardwick, M.R.

Initial data sources

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