John Michael Skipper
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John Michael Skipper | |
|---|---|
 Skipper in 1963 | |
| Born | 12 July 1815 Norwich, Norfolk, England |
| Died | 7 December 1883 (aged 68) |
| Occupation(s) | Solicitor and artist |
| Spouses | Frances Amelia Thomas
(m. 1839; died 1855)Mary Thomas
(m. 1856; died 1883) |
| Children | 7 |
John Michael Skipper (1815–1883) was an English and South Australian artist and solicitor. He was the eldest son of solicitor John Skipper and Jane (née Stark), whose brother was artist James Stark.[1]
Skipper studied at Norwich Grammar School and was intended to follow his father into law, but his interest in art was encouraged by his uncle. In 1833, he left his study to become a midshipman on the Sherbourne for the East India Company. When he returned, he arranged to be articled to Charles Mann (appointed as the first Advocate-General of South Australia) and emigrate to the new Colony of South Australia on the Africaine arriving at Holdfast Bay on 6 November 1836.[1] He travelled in intermediate class, but was reported to have taken his meals in the 1st cabin.[2]
