James Ebenezer Bicheno b. 25 January 1785

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
James Ebenezer Bicheno arrived in Van Dieman's Land for a position as Colonial Secretary. Active in the artistic community of Hobart in the 1840s and early 1850s, Bicheno was president of the committee formed to plan the Hobart Town Art Exhibition in 1844.
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Citations

  • 'James Ebenezer Bicheno’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 1.

  • Kolenberg, H. & Kolenberg, J. (1988), 'Tasmanian Vision’, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery catalogue, Hobart, Tas.

  • (1851), Hobart Town Courer, 03-22.

Initial data sources

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

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