Cyrus Mason b. 1829

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
English colonial male lithographer, watercolourist, and draughtsman. His diverse career included writing and illustrating children's books, teaching, publishing newspapers, public speaking and founding music and art societies.
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Name
Cyrus Mason
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Chain-man (ANZSIC code: 6922)
  • Sharebroker (ANZSIC code: 6411)
  • Mining agent (ANZSIC code: 1012)
  • Lithographic draughtsman (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8102)
Birth date
1829
Birth place
London, England, UK
Death date
8 August 1915
Death place
East Melbourne, Vic
Active Period
  • c.1840 - c.1915
Arrival
  • 1853 (aboard the James L. Bogart)
Residence
  • c.1867 - c.1869 Launceston, Tas
  • c.1829 - c.1852 London, England, UK
  • c.1847 - c.1848 Paris, France
  • c.1853 - c.1915 Melbourne, Vic
  • c.1889 - c.1900 Tynong, Gippsland, VIC
  • c.1864 - c.1867 Bridge Street, Woods Point, Gippsland, Vic
  • c.1853 - c.1854 35 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Vic.
Training
  • c.1871 National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic
  • c.1840 - c.1847 Apprentice, Waterlow & Sons, London, England, UK
Cultural Heritage
  • English
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: 'Mason family papers'.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, A. (1977), 'Artists of the Australian Gold Rush', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art', 2 Volumes (facsimile reprint, 1930).>, <ExternalResource: (1857), Argus, March, 5.>, <ExternalResource: (1855), Melbourne Morning Herald, March, 1.>, <ExternalResource: (1875), Sydney Mail, July, 10.>, <ExternalResource: Darragh, T., 'Directory of nineteenth century lithographers and engravers working in Victoria', (manuscript).>, <ExternalResource: Woodhouse, H. (1889), 'The Victorian pioneers of litho-drawing and engraving', (typescript), La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: Mason, Cyrus (1852), 'The Practical Lithographer', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Mason, Cyrus (1855), 'Illustrated Family News', 4 Issues.>, <ExternalResource: Mason, Cyrus (1869), 'The Building Times', October to December, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: 'Building News', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: (1871), 'The Australian Christmas Story Book', December, Melbourne, Vic (republished National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT,1988).>, <ExternalResource: Mason, Cyrus (1871), 'The Multiplying Art', May, Technological Museum, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Mason, Cyrus (1871), 'Railways', September, Mechanics Institute , Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Mason, Cyrus (1873), 'Sketching from Nature - Ruskin applied to Australia', April, Athenaeum, Melbourne, Vic.>] [<ExternalResource: 'Mason family papers'.>]