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
