J.B. Henderson : pictorial collection, ca. 1855-1882

fonds

ca. 1855-1882

Graphic Materials, Drawings, Watercolours

420944

Albums
Drawings

John Black Henderson, born in London in 1827, was a painter, amateur photographer, and surveyor. Henderson studied art in Edinburgh and architecture in London under Gilbert Scott. After migrating to Australia in 1851, he initially worked on the Ballarat goldfields then joined the Victorian Government Survey Office in Melbourne. In 1870 he was instrumental in founding the Victorian Academy of Arts. -- Reference: Dictionary of Australian artists / Joan Kerr, editor. [Sydney] : Institute of Fine Arts, University of Sydney, 1984

Sketches in New South Wales and Victoria, 1855-1882 / by J.B. Henderson
[Album of sketches of mainly Victorian views, ca. 1855-1874] / by J.B. Henderson
[Watercolour sketches, ca. 1858-1868] / by J.B. Henderson

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