Montague Scott
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{{Infobox artist
| name = Montagu Scott
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| birth_name = Eugene Montagu Scott
| birth_date = 1835
| birth_place = London
| death_date = 15 May 1909
| death_place =Randwick, New South Wales
| resting_place= Waverley Cemetery
| resting_place_coordinates = {{coord |-33.907287|151.264197|type:landmark_region:AU-NSW|display=title,inline|format=dms}}
| nationality = British
| field = Painting, photography, illustration,cartoons
| training = Painter
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| works = A day's picnic on Clark Island, Sydney Harbour, 1870, [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84586688 ML 3]
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| spouse = Amy Ann Johnson (1839-1879), Annie Ware Wilton, Mary Ellen Price
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Montague Scott (1835-1909), also known as "Montagu Scott", was a London born artist, photographer and cartoonist. He emigrated to Australia 1855 and was the official photographer for the Duke of Edinburgh's visit in 1868. He was cartoonist for the Sydney Punch from 1866 to 1886.
Career
File:Duke of Edinburgh, Alfred Ernest Albert, ca. 1868, Montagu Scott.jpg, Sydney, ca. 1868, by Montagu Scott]]
Scott was born Eugene Montagu Scott, the youngest son of William Scott R.A. and his wife Sarah née MylesEdgar, Suzanne, [http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/scott-eugene-montagu-monty-4547/text7453 'Scott, Eugene Montagu (Monty) (1835–1909)'], Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, accessed 28 May 2012 in London and in the mid-1850s emigrated to Melbourne via New Zealand. He spent some time prospecting for gold but found it unrewarding.{{Cite web|url=http://www.daao.org.au/bio/eugene-montagu-scott/|title=Eugene Montagu Scott :: Biography at :: At Design and Art Australia Online}}
While working for a photographic studio in Melbourne around 1860 he, like John A. Upton, was introduced by Dr. T. A. Hill to the art of photograph colouring.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54492538 |title=The Late Dr. T. A. Hill |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=4 June 1897 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} and studied painting under the "celebrated painter Ansdel", presumably Richard Ansdell.
He moved to Sydney in 1866, initially working for the photographer Thomas Felton,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13101351 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=16 February 1865 |accessdate=27 May 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} then around 1867 he took over Freeman Brothers' photographic studios at 392 George Street, naming it the "Sydney and Melbourne Photographic Gallery".
He was appointed official photographer for Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh's visit in 1868{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63513886 |title=Retrospect |newspaper=Illustrated Sydney News |date=25 March 1868 |accessdate=27 May 2012 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} and was commissioned by Henry Parkes to paint a full-size portrait of the Duke.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28422628 |title=Summary |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=1 May 1868 |accessdate=27 May 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} Photographs of the Duke were offered for sale to the public by both Montagu Scott and William Bradley of 140 Pitt Street.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13159461 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=29 February 1868 |accessdate=27 May 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} But by 1870 he was bankrupt and forced to sell his equipment and the business was taken over by Newman and Co.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13242553 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=29 July 1871 |accessdate=27 May 2012 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
File:Montague Scott - Captain Cook.jpg. Illustrated Sydney News. ca. 1870]]
He produced some lithographs illustrating news items{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13206418 |title=Death of Thunderbolt |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=6 June 1870 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} and in 1871 was the first artist to work for the Sydney Mail.McCulloch, Alan Encyclopedia of Australian Art 1968 Hutchinson of London {{ISBN|978-0-09-081420-6}} Other lithographs included a souvenir of the return of the New South Wales Contingent to the Sudan, featuring portraits of W. B. Dalley, Colonel Richardson and Lieutenant Spalding.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13591900 |title=News of the Day |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=29 June 1885 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
File:A days picnic on Clark Island Sydney Harbour 1870 Montagu Scott a3449002.jpg
In 1878 he was on stage in Sydney, drawing "lightning" caricatures of politicians including Sir Hercules Robinson and Sir Henry Parkes,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13421969 |title=Amusements |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=21 August 1878 |accessdate=27 May 2012 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} then in both Melbourne and Sydney, illustrating passages from the Scriptures.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13430076 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=1 March 1879 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} This reference cites a number of favourable reviews.
He was cartoonist for Melbourne Punch for two years, succeeding M. Chevallier,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5726117 |title=Personal |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=19 May 1909 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} then for Sydney Punch from 1866 to 1886 or perhaps less.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13352984 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=8 March 1875 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |page=8 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} notably caricatures of Archbishop Polding and Sir Edward Deas-Thomson.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13398114 |title=The Sydney Morning Herald. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=10 August 1877 |accessdate=27 May 2012 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} and for the Australian Town and Country Journal. An example of his work may be seen here.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page5058242 "Champions of the Willow"]
Other paintings included The Death of Kennedy,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13309967 |title=New South Wales Academy of Art |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=17 April 1873 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} A days picnic on Clark Island Sydney Harbour 1870 Montagu Scott (severely panned by one critic),{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13216972 |title=Fine Arts |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=1 September 1870 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} and donated to the Mitchell Library in 1930, a grim Justice,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13257147 |title=Agricultural Society's Exhibition. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=8 May 1872 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} and The Last Match.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13920128 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=9 December 1893 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |page=14 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
He also produced dioramas,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13262778 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=30 August 1872 |accessdate=27 May 2012 |page=8 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} illustrated books and acted in dramatic productions.
He moved to Brisbane in 1887,{{Cite web|url=http://www.daao.org.au/bio/montagu-scott/|title = Montagu Scott :: Biography at :: At Design and Art Australia Online}} working for the Brisbane Worker as an illustrator for its sports pages, and for the Brisbane Boomerang. He returned to Sydney around 1895. Work was becoming scarce as photographs displaced etchings in the newspapers and magazines and by 1908 he was again bankrupt.
Portraits
Apart from Duke of Edinburgh (for which he charged 250 guineas), Scott also painted large oil portraits of:
- Richard Driver, M.L.A. in 1874{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13333139 |title=Portrait of Mr. Richard Driver, M.L.A. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=12 March 1874 |accessdate=27 May 2012 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
- Sydney merchant S. Hoffnung{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13389624 |title=FINE ARTS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=9 March 1877 |accessdate=27 May 2012 |page=8 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
- Archbishop Polding{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13175935 |title=To the Editor of the Herald. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=21 November 1868 |accessdate=27 May 2012 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
- John Deery of the Tattersalls Club.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14182156 |title=Sporting Intelligence |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=13 August 1898 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |page=12 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
- S. H. Hyam M.L.C. in 1892{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13847632 |title=The Sydney Morning Herald. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=5 July 1892 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
In later life his major commissions were for equine portraits.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13896299 |title=Sporting Intelligence – The Turf |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=6 February 1893 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71207435 |title=Notes and Anticipations. |newspaper=Australian Town and Country Journal |location=NSW |date=10 December 1892 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |page=36 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71198397 |title=Notes and Anticipations. |newspaper=Australian Town and Country Journal |location=NSW |date=29 April 1893 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |page=37 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
Family life
On 20 July 1857 he married Amy Ann Johnson (ca.1839 – 15 September 1879). They had three children:
- Isabel Amy (ca.1860 – 20 July 1916), later Mrs. George Buckleton, of Moe, Victoria
- William (18 February 1862 – )
- second daughter (18 July 1863 – ) Mrs. Passmore of Melbourne,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15058904 |title=Personal |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=17 May 1909 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} later Mrs. Davis of Croxton, Victoria.
He married again, to Annie Ware Wilton on 28 October 1880.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13480484 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=30 November 1880 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
On 5 December 1889 he remarried, this time to Mary Ellen Price, née Mehan.
He died, bankrupt and stone deaf,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14988425 |title=Bankruptcy Court |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=15 September 1908 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} at his home at Randwick, New South Wales on Saturday 15 May 1909.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9982738 |title=PERSONAL. |newspaper=The Mercury |location=Hobart, Tas. |date=21 May 1909 |accessdate=27 May 2012 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
Bibliography
Gibson, G. Herbert (1846–1921) Southerly busters by Ironbark, profusely illustrated by Alfred Clint, with additional illustrations by Montagu Scott. John Sands, Sydney 1878
References
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External links
- {{Gutenberg author | id=43256| name=Montagu Scott}}
- {{Internet Archive author |sname=Montague Scott}}
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