James Walsh b. 1833

Also known as J. Walsh, Walsh
  • Artist (Painter)
painter and clerk. Arrived in Western Australia as a convict in 1854. A series of twelve pencil and watercolour sketches of Aborigines are attributed to Walsh. He may have decorated a cell in Fremantle gaol with monochrome frescoes
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See also

  • 'James Walsh (attrib) Drawings on Cell Wall (detail) c.1859, pencil. Fremantle Gaol, Western Australia'.

Initial data sources

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

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