Alfred Thomas Agate b. 14 February 1812

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
American male colonial botanical and portrait sketcher who visited Australia as part of the 1838-1842 USA World Expedition. Agate remained in Sydney drawing NSW landscapes while the rest of the team toured Antarctica.

Citations

  • Cosentino, A. J. / Glassie, H. H. (1983), 'Capital Image: Painters in Washington 1800-1915’, Washington, USA.

  • Fielding, M. (1926), 'Dictionary of American Painters’, Sculptors and Engravers, Philadelphia, USA.

  • Wilkes, C. (1844), 'Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842’, 5 vols and atlas, Philadelphia, USA.

  • Dixson, W., 'Notes on Australian artists’, Dixon Library, State Library of NSW, Sydney, manuscript WD53.

  • Information sourced from Callaway, Anita.

  • Information sourced from Organ, Michael.

See also

  • 'Dictionary of Australian Artists p. 8', After Alfred Agate, Forest, Illiwarra, N.S.W. 1840, engraving by J. A. Ralph in Charles Wilkes, narrative of the United States exploring expediition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Philedelphia 1844, vol. 2.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870