James Edward Neild b. 1824

Also known as Christopher Sly, Grumbler, Jaques, Tahite, Cleofas, I, Dr James Edward Neild
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Neild was mainly a weekend sketcher whose sketchbooks predominantly included drawings of places around Melbourne. He is most renowned as a journalist and critic writing under various pseudonyms.
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Profile portrait of Neild

By Charles Summers

 
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Valley of the El Dorado

By J. Murphy

 
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Australia Felix
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(Moir Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.).

 
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The Bohemian Girl
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Puritani
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