John Glover sketchbooks and portfolio of sketches, ca. 1794-1835
John Glover sketchbooks and portfolio of sketches, ca. 1794-1835
About this item
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Date
ca.1794-1835
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Formats
Pictures, Drawings and Manuscripts
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Level of description
Fonds
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Scope and Contents
Contents
SERIES 01
John Glover Sketchbooks, ca. 1794-1835 / John Glover
SERIES 02
John Glover portfolios of sketches, ca. 1790-1830s / compiled by the State Library of New South Wales
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Full title
John Glover sketchbooks and portfolio of sketches, ca. 1794-1835
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
This collection of John Glover sketches and sketchbooks contain drawings of predominately English and Australian (Tasmanian) landscapes. Some sketches are not attributed to John Glover and are instead attributed to his son John Richardson Glover and possibly `J. Livesay’ a pupil of Glover’s.
Several of the sketchbooks contain a number inside...
Published information
John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque / David Hansen. Hobart, Tasmania : Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery/Art Exhibitions Australia, 2004, pp. 248-267.
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Landscape painter, was born on 18 February 1767 at Houghton-on-the-Hill near Leicester, England. In 1794 Glover moved to Lichfield, Staffordshire, where he made a living as a painting and drawing master. After his move to London in 1805, Glover also exhibited with the Society of Painters in Watercolour, to which he was elected a member shortly befo...
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Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
9O4owNMn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9O4owNMn
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Reference code
825816
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