Harden Sidney Melville

Harden Sidney Melville
Born8 May 1824
London
Died4 June 1894 (age 70)
London
NationalityBritish
Known forPaintings, illustrations and drawings. The first official hydrographic survey of the north-east coast of Australia in 1842–1846.
AwardsMedal from the Society of Arts

Harden Sidney Melville (1824[1]–1894[2]) was an English painter, illustrator and draughtsman. He received a medal from the Society of Arts[3] and had three paintings hung in the Royal Academy’s show between 1837 and 1841.[4] He conducted the first official hydrographic survey of the north-east coast of Australia in 1842–1846 on board the H.M.S Fly, which was under the command of Captain Francis Price Blackwood.[1] He illustrated Curiosities of Savage Life by James Greenwood[5] and several notable Australian works including Joseph Beete Jukes’s official narrative of Fly’s voyage and Ludwig Leichhardt’s Journal.[6]

He was the son of the engraver Henry William Melville (1792–1870) and Martha Harden.[7]

He died on 4 June 1894[2] and was buried in Camden on 8 June 1894.[8]

  • Harden Sidney Melville, Autumn Scene. Oil on canvas, c1880.
    Harden Sidney Melville, Autumn Scene. Oil on canvas, c1880.
  • Harden Sidney Melville, Winter Scene. Oil on canvas, c1880.
    Harden Sidney Melville, Winter Scene. Oil on canvas, c1880.
  • Cannibal Cooking Pots from Curiosities of Savage Life by James Greenwood, S.O. Beeton, 1863, page 281.
    Cannibal Cooking Pots from Curiosities of Savage Life by James Greenwood, S.O. Beeton, 1863, page 281.
  • Darnley Island Mask Dance, from Curiosities of Savage Life by James Greenwood, S.O. Beeton, 1863, page 153.
    Darnley Island Mask Dance, from Curiosities of Savage Life by James Greenwood, S.O. Beeton, 1863, page 153.
  1. ^ a b "Harden Sidney Melville". Design & Art Australia online. 14 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b UK General Register Office, 1894 registration district Edmonton, sub-district Hornsey, county of Middlesex. Volume no. 3a, page no. 144. Number 469, death certificate application number 11412490-4.
  3. ^ "Premiums for the Sessions 1838-1839, 1839-1840". Google Books. Society of Arts (Great Britain). 1838. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Melville, Harden Sidney, 1824-1894". Melville, Harden Sidney, 1824-1894 | Items | National Library of New Zealand. 1 January 1824. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Curiosities of Savage Life (Second Series) by Greenwood, James: Good Hardcover (1864) | Lenny's Rare Books". www.abebooks.co.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Showing all records | The Scheding Index of Australian Art and Artists | Art Research". artresearch.com.au. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Melville, Henry, 1792-1870". Melville, Henry, 1792-1870 | Items | National Library of New Zealand | National Library of New Zealand. 1 January 1792. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Harden Sidney Melville – in the Web: UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014". search.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2020.