John De Mansfield Absolon b. 1843

  • Artist (Painter)
This artist's son operated the Geraldton Lead Mines and international cargo ships. His watercolour works included landscape sketches and scenes of shipboard life, studies of flora and fauna and bush scenes, notably views from his home east of Perth, WA.
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Name
John De Mansfield Absolon
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Businessman (ANZSIC code: 6240)
  • Soldier (ANZSIC code: 7600)
Birth date
1843
Birth place
London, England, UK
Death date
8 May 1879
Death place
Perth, WA
Active Period
  • c.1860 - c.1875
Arrival
  • 30 September 1969 (Arrived WA on board the Yeoman. Returned to London in January 1870 then migrated permanently later that same year arriving November 1870 on board the Zephyr.)
Residence
  • c.1874 London, England, UK
  • c.1869 - c.1879 Perth, WA
  • c.1843 - c.1869 London, England, UK
Cultural Heritage
  • English
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • DAA with additions

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References [<ExternalResource: Chapman, B. (1979), 'The Colonial Eye', Catalogue, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA.>, <ExternalResource: Colligan, Mimi (2002), 'Canvas Documentaries', Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: Erickson, R (1988), 'The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre 1829/1888', Nedlands , WA.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', Melbourne, VIC, 2nd edition.>, <ExternalResource: Wood, C. (1978), 'Dictionary of Victorian Painters', Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: (1879), Western Australian Times, 05-09.>, <ExternalResource: (1879), Herald, 05-10.>, <ExternalResource: Zimmer, Jenny "John de Mansfield Absolon" in Early Days vol. 9 no 2 (1984), pp.27-37.>, <ExternalResource: Zimmer, Jenny in Kerr, Joan.ed. "The Dictionary of Australian Artists: Painters, Sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870." Melbourne: OUP, 1992, pp.4-5.>] [<ExternalResource: Chapman, B. (1979), 'The Colonial Eye', Catalogue, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA.>, <ExternalResource: Colligan, Mimi (2002), 'Canvas Documentaries', Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: Erickson, R (1988), 'The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre 1829/1888', Nedlands , WA.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', Melbourne, VIC, 2nd edition.>, <ExternalResource: Wood, C. (1978), 'Dictionary of Victorian Painters', Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: (1879), Western Australian Times, 05-09.>, <ExternalResource: (1879), Herald, 05-10.>]