Montague Scott

Montague Scott (1835 – 15 May 1909), also known as "Montagu Scott" and affectionately as "Monty", was an Australian artist of great versatility, who came to be known for his portraits of racehorses.

Scott was born Eugene Montagu Scott, the youngest son of William Scott R.A. and his wife Sarah née Myles in London and in the mid-1850s emigrated to Melbourne via New Zealand. He spent some time prospecting for gold but found it unrewarding.

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. and studied painting under the "celebrated painter Ansdel", presumably Richard Ansdell.

He moved to Sydney in 1866, initially working for the photographer Thomas Felton, 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 and was commissioned by Henry Parkes to paint a full-size portrait of the Duke. Photographs of the Duke were offered for sale to the public by both Montagu Scott and William Bradley of 140 Pitt Street. But by 1870 he was bankrupt and forced to sell his equipment and the business was taken over by Newman and Co.

He produced some lithographs illustrating news items and in 1871 was the first artist to work for the Sydney Mail. 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.

In 1878 he was on stage in Sydney, drawing "lightning" caricatures of such luminaries as Sir Hercules Robinson and Sir Henry Parkes, then in both Melbourne and Sydney, illustrating passages from the Scriptures.

He was cartoonist for Melbourne Punch for two years, succeeding M. Chevallier, then for Sydney Punch from 1866 to 1886 or perhaps less. notably caricatures of Archbishop Polding and Sir Edward Deas-Thomson. and for the Australian Town and Country Journal. An example of his work may be seen here."Champions of the Willow"

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