Samuel Phillips Jackson Britain, Australia, 1807-76
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About Samuel Jackson
Sketcher, architect, builder and pastoralist Samuel Jackson was born in London in 1807, and arrived at Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, with two of his brothers in 1829. Initially setting up as a builder it Launceston he soon also purchased an architectural practice. He arrived at Port Phillip (Melbourne) in 1835 with one of his brothers and farmed at Sunbury for four years. After which he returned to Melbourne and established the town's first private architectural practice. He designed many buildings in Melbourne and Geelong between about 1840 and 1855: In 1841 Samuel Jackson drew a 'Panoramic Sketch Of Melbourne Port Phillip from the walls of Scots Church on the Eastern Hill'. (5.48 m x 45.7 cm), which was purchased by the Victorian Government from Jackson's descendants in 1888, now in the State Library of Victoria. In 1847 he purchased a large rural property near Casterton in the Western District of Victoria. He married in 1852; and he and his family returned to England in 1862. Samuel Jackson died at his Georgian mansion in Enfield, Middlesex, on 7 May 1876 and was buried in Highgate Cemetery, London.
The total number of works by Samuel Jackson offered for sale by auction since 1980 is 12, of which 7 (58%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $2,920 for View of the Avon Gorge from Durdham Down with Cook's Folly to The Left, Clifton Beyond sold by Cordy's in June 2014. This year 2 works have been offered for sale.
Samuel Jackson is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 548
- Kerr, Joan. Dictionary of Australian Artists, Painters, Sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870. Oxford University Press, Australia, 1993. Page 396
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.
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