Augustus Earle b. 1 June 1793

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Augustus Earle travelled extensively during his lifetime, producing paintings and lithographs of his travels in the Mediterranean, North & South America, the Pacific and Atlantic islands, New Zealand and the eastern states of Australia. Earle's enthusiasm and gregarious personality is reflected in his work.

Citations

  • Callaway, Anita, 'Ephemeral Vistas’.

  • (May 1926), 'An Important Collection of Water-Colour Drawings Chiefly of the Southern Hemisphere by Augustus Earle F. R. G. S.’, Sothebys, London, England, UK, .

  • Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape’.

  • Smith, B. (1966), 'Augustus Earle’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward (eds.), vol. 1, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Bonyhady, Tim (1985), 'Images in Opposition’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Buscombe, Eve (1978), 'Artists in Early Australia and their Portraits’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Butler, R. (1982), 'Australia’s first lithographs’, Australian Connoisseur and Collector 3.

  • Darragh, T.A. (1990), 'The Establishment and Development of Engraving and Lithography in Melbourne to the Time of the Gold Rush’, Willow Bend, NSW.

  • Earle, A. (1966), 'Narrative of Nine Months Residence in New Zealand and Tristan da Cunha’, Oxford University Press, E. McCormick (ed.).

  • Graves, A. (1905), 'The Royal Academy of Arts’, London (reprint Bath, 1970), England, UK.

  • Hackforth-Jones, J. (1980), 'Augustus Earle, Travel Artist’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Kerr, Joan (1988), 'A woman of substance’, Creating Australia, Daniel Thomas & R. Radford (eds.), Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue, Adelaide, SA.

  • Kolenberg, H. & Kolenberg, J. (1988), 'Tasmanian Vision’, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas.

  • McDonald P.R. & Pearce, B. (eds) (1988), 'The Artist and the Patron’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

  • Murray-Oliver, A. (1968), 'Augustus Earle in New Zealand’, Christchurch, NZ.

  • Sayers, Andrew (1989), 'Drawing in Australia’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Wantrup, J. (1987), 'Australian Rare Books 1788-1900’, Potts Point, Sydney, NSW.

  • (1829), Colonial Times (Hobart), June 12.

  • Callaway, Anita (1990), 'Colonial transparencies: Seeing through history and myth’, Paper delivered at the Art Association of Australia’s annual conference, Sydney, September 1990, J. McGarvie, Diary 1825-1828, Mitchell Library ms A1332.

  • (1828), 'Colonial Secretary’s Office: Letters Received 1826-1828’, Archives Office of New South Wales 4/1903, 2/7850, 4/1919, 4/1920, 4/1994, Sydney, NSW.

  • Bonyhady, Tim (1986), 'Australian Paintings in the Australian National Gallery’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Bonyhady, T. (1987), 'The Colonial Image’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Buscombe, E. (1978), 'A discussion about Augustus Earle and some of his portraits’, Art Bulletin of Victoria, 19.

  • (1828), Australian, May 09.

  • (1832), Hobart Town Courier, January 07.

  • (1828), Sydney Gazette, October 10.

  • McGarvie, J. (1828), 'Diary 1825-1828’, Mitchell Library ms A1332, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

  • Information sourced from Callaway, Anita.

  • Information sourced from Eagle, Mary.

  • Information sourced from Stanbury, David.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.

See also

  • 'Bungaree, a Native of New South Wales c.1830, oil on canvas, 68.5 x 50.5 cm'.

Initial data sources

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