John Allen

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Colonial Tasmanian sketcher and settler. Allen apparently took an early crude sketch of local Aborigines back to England where he had it turned into an oil painting by a professional painter. The painting is now held in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
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Name
John Allen
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • settler
Active Period
  • c.1828
Residence
  • c.1828 Milton Farm, District of Great Swanport, Van Diemens Land [Tasmania]
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

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Related people
  • Cotton, E. L. (associate of)
Related works
  • The Aborigions [sic] of Van Demonsland [sic] endeavouring to kill Mr. John Allen on Milton Farm in the District of Great Swanport on the 14th of December 1828 (creator of)
  • Drawn at Swansea Town (creator of)
Related collections
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)