ROBERTSON, Capt. Thomas d.1875

Dunedin marine painter, one-time captain of the merchantman S.S. Pirate. 1863 held an art union in connection with a show of his paintings, advertised in Otago Daily Times 15 September 1863. Exhibited: NZ Ex Dunedin 1865 large oil paintings of renowned clippers and other ships in Hobson's Bay, at Otago Heads and at Port Chalmers, and was awarded a bronze medal. Represented: Canterbury Museum, OESA and Hocken.