James Wilson b. 1804

Also known as James Armstrong Wilson
  • Artist (Painter)
James Armstrong Wilson was a portrait and figure painter born in Scotland. A resident of Sydney and surrounding areas he drowned in a storm with members of his family, and all his books, papers, possessions and paintings. Claimed by his daughter to be the 'first painter in Sydney', Wilson painted the portraits of nearly all the people of note.
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associate of
Conrad Martens
1801
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Adelaide Eliza Ironside
1831
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter), Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
associate of
Annabella Alexandra Campbell Boswell
1826
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Edward Charles Moore
Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Richard Noble
Artist (Painter)
associate of
John Gould
Other occupation
associate of
Captain Francis Allman
Other occupation
associate of
Lady Franklin
Other occupation
associate of
Sir John Franklin
Other occupation
parent of
James Wilson
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associate of
T. S. Mort
Other occupation
associate of
John Verge
Other occupation
associate of
Dr Thomas Braidwood Wilson
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parent of
née Wilson Anne Hale Chapman
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spouse of
Aimée Louise Grandovinet
Other occupation
associate of
Governor George FitzRoy
Other occupation
associate of
née Chapman Elizabeth Cheers
Other occupation
associate of
Mary Verge
Other occupation
associate of
Mrs Stewart
Other occupation
associate of
George Barney
1804
Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect), Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
John Gould
1804
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Draughtsman)

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References [<ExternalResource: Buscombe, Eve (1979), 'Artists in early Australia and their portraits : a guide to the portrait painters of early Australia with special reference to colonial New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land to 1850 with detailed biographies, catalogues of works and sources of Australian portraiture', Sydney, NSW : Eureka Research.>, <ExternalResource: Herman, M. (ed.) (1965), 'Annabella Boswell's Journal', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Chapman, A. (1906), 'The reminiscences of Anne Hale Chapman née Wilson', Sydney, NSW : State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library, manuscript (1894-1906).>, <ExternalResource: 'Sydney Mechanics Institute Reports', Sydney, NSW : State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library (manuscript A4149).>, <ExternalResource: Buscombe, Eve, 'Who was Mrs Wilson Anyway?', Tasmania : Proceedings of the Tasmanian Historical Research Association, [27/1].>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Lennon, J.>]