Francis Simpkinson b. 26 May 1819

Also known as Francis Guillemard Simpkinson, Simpkinson de Wesselow
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Francis Guillemard Simpkinson was a painter, diarist and naval officer. In 1845 at the Hobart Town Art Exhibition, (the first major fine arts exhibition in any of the Australian colonies), Simpkinson showed one watercolour.
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  • private collections
  • Church House, Hobart, TAS
  • Sir William Lodewyk Crowther Library, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS
  • Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

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References [<ExternalResource: Angus, M. (1984), 'Simpkinson De Wesselow: Landscape Painter in Van Diemen's Land and the Port Phillip District 1844-1848', Hobart, TAS (and bibliography).>, <ExternalResource: Kolenberg, H. and Kolenberg, J. (1988), 'Tasmanian Vision', Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery catalogue, Hobart, TAS.>, <ExternalResource: Savours, A. and McConnell, A. (1982), 'The history of the Ross Bank Observatory, Tasmania', Annals of Science 39.>]