John Glover, Senior [Free Settler "Thomas Lawrie" 1831]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-10/auctioned-glover-paintings-bo...

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Biography

John GLOVER was born on February 18, 1767 in Houghton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England. His parents were William GLOVER and Ann BRIGHT. He was an English Landscape/ Painter/ Tasmanian Colonial Painter, Artist, LANDSCAPE ARTIST.

John married Mary RICHARDSON in 1787 in England, United Kingdom and they had the following children:

• John Richardson 1790

John married Sarah YOUNG on July 25, 1790 in Houghton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom and they had the following children:

• William 1791
• Anne 1792
• Sarah 1794
• Thomas 1796
• Emma 1798
• Mary 1799
• Henry 1803
• James 1805

John, Sarah and son John emigrated to Australia arriving in Hobart on 1 April 1831 on "Thomas Lawrie", joining his sons who had emigrated in 1829.

John died on December 9, 1849 in Tasmania, Australia and was buried in Deddington, Tasmania, Australia.

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John Glover (1767-1849), landscape painter, was born on 18 February 1767 at Houghton on the Hill, near Leicester, England, the youngest son of William Glover, farmer, and his wife Ann. As a lad Glover worked in the fields near Ingersby, drew birds and became a lover of nature. A talent for calligraphy led to his appointment as writing master at the Free School, Appleby, about 1787. Here he started painting in oil and in water-colour. He married a woman nine years his senior and began to visit London to take drawing and painting lessons from William Payne and possibly John 'Warwick' Smith. In 1794 he moved to Lichfield, set up as a drawing master and made many sketching tours of picturesque districts. Between 1795 and 1804 he exhibited views in Cumberland, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Wales and Scotland at the Royal Academy.

The academy displayed water-colours poorly and in November 1804 Glover became a foundation member of the Society of Painters in Water-Colours. Its first exhibition so stimulated water-colour painting and collecting that Glover was able to settle with his family in London. Here he taught painting profitably and travelled assiduously in search of picturesque scenery. In 1807 he was president of the Water Colour Society. But his interest in oil painting grew; and when the society split in 1812 on the question of including oils in its exhibitions Glover became a member of the reconstructed Society of Painters in Oils and Water-Colours. He had begun to exhibit large oil paintings at the British Institution in 1810 and continued until 1827.

Three of Glover's sons, James (and his wife), William and Henry, sailed for Van Diemen's Land in the Prince Regent and arrived in Hobart Town on 11 July 1829. Two married daughters, Mary Bowles and Emma Lord, remained in England. Before leaving England William had purchased eighty acres (32 ha) from the surveyor-general, for which he gave drawings to the value of £300. On arrival the three sons were granted a total of 1780 acres (720 ha) for their capital of £1600. On 1 April 1831 Glover arrived in Hobart accompanied by his wife and son John Richardson, in the Thomas Lawrie. By August he was established in a town house and had bought Ring Farm, eighteen miles (29 km) away. When applying for a land grant he stated that he had already bought two improved farms in the parish of Drummond, and had brought £7000 and English shrubs and song-birds to the colony; he expected to make £1000 a year from his paintings, in part, presumably, from sales in London. In May he was granted 2560 acres (1036 ha) which he hoped to locate on the River Jordan, but in 1832 he was allocated a grant at Mills Plains on the northern slope of Ben Lomond, and built his house on the Nile River, calling his property Patterdale, after a Westmorland village where he had once lived. Here he painted and with his family developed the property which eventually comprised more than 7000 acres (2833 ha) . By 1835 he was able to send sixty-eight pictures 'descriptive of the Scenery and Customs of Van Diemen's Land' for exhibition in London.

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/glover-john-2102

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JOHN GLOVER MEMORIAL. Last year "The Examiner" published exclusively the story of John Glover, the famous artist, who settled at Deddington in 1831. He gave that settlement its name, and at the same time built "Patterdale" as his home, bestowing both names from well-loved Cumberland localities. With his wife he lies in an unnamed, unkempt vault beside the church he built. Although this fact was enlarged upon by "The Examiner," the vault of one of England's greatest painters remains unmarked, a decaying monument to the fickleness of fame. Some of the residents, however, have moved, and to-morrow a framed photograph of the painter is to be hung in the church. The photograph has been presented by Mrs. Nisbet, and the service is to take place at 3 o'clock. It is interesting to note that the late Henry Button married John Glover's granddaughter in the same church, and that the desk Bible is inscribed as having been presented by "John Glover and subscribers." To-morrow's event has historical import as well as sentimental significance, and may lead to the marking of the vault. stores.-(Advt.)

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1831 Australian Travel Records - "Thomas Laurie" deaprted London 20 October 1830 and arrived in Hobart on 1/4/1831 - Cabin Passengers - Mr GLOVER Senior, Mr GLOVER Junior, Mrs GLOVER and in steerage Mr GLOVER (might not be a relation) - see media

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LINKS

• http://www.leven.tassie.net.au/glover/John%20Glover%201767-1849%20d...
• http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/glover-john-2102
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Glover_(artist)
• https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/john-glover-and-the-colonial-...
• https://cookshillgalleries.com.au/pages/john-glover-artist
• http://www.chestnut-blue.com/Chestnut%20Blue-o/p899.htm#i49498
• https://www.kempfamilyhistory.com/getperson.php?personID=I88668&tre...