Potter

Also known as James H. Potter
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, draughtsman and remittance man, a son of Alderman Potter of London, came to Sydney in 1858. Was described as 'a clever sketcher and draftsman and artist. He could have got a position in the Land Surveying department but was too lazy to copy a drawing.'
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painter, draughtsman and remittance man, a son of Alderman Potter of London, came to Sydney in 1858. Known from his inclusion in the architect J.J. Davey’s memoirs written at the end of the nineteenth century, Potter was described as 'a clever sketcher and draftsman and artist. He could have got a position in the Land Surveying department but was too lazy to copy a drawing given him. He went into the bush splitting shingles, suffering great privations during the intervals between his home remittances’. One James H. Potter, artist, was listed at 64 York Street East, Emerald Hill (now South Melbourne), in the Melbourne Directory for 1867 and 1868 so perhaps this was Mr Potter attempting to rehabilitate himself.

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Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011

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