James Robertson b. 1829

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
James Robertson was a watercolourist and police magistrate. He came to New South Wales in 1842 with his father and at first did not seem to like the place much. He wrote to his brother in Scotland, "[It is] not a country but a wretched hole". He did, though, spend the rest of his life in Victoria.
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associate of
Thomas Robertson
1819
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Oswald Rose Campbell
1829
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Photographer), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Samuel Clayton
1829
Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker), Artist
associate of
Chester Earles
1829
Artist (Painter)

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  • Victorian Academy of Arts (associate of)