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18 December 1887

SA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies

SA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies

Updated
30 Sep 2019
SA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies

Frederick Timpson l'Ons (85), SA painter of the early life in the Eastern Cape, died in Grahamstown. He was born in Islington, Middlesex, England on 15 November 1802 and, accompanied by his wife, moved to the Cape Colony in 1834. They settled in the district of Albany, Eastern Cape, shortly before the sixth Frontier War broke out. His works portrayed life on the frontier and included portraits of the Khoikhoi and Africans as well as landscapes.

How we know this

  1. 01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.
  2. 02Potgieter, DJ & PC du Plessis (eds) (1972). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town, Nasou, v. 6, opposite page 596.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). SA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011124

South African History Online (2011) 'SA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011124 (Accessed: 8 October 2026).

South African History Online, SA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011124, (accessed 8 October 2026).

"SA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011124. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "SA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011124.

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