Augustus Leopold Kuper b. 1809

  • Artist (Painter)
Kuper was a naval office who came to Australia to help establish a garrison in Port Essington (Northern Territory). Later as Captain of the Pelorus he made an ink and watercolour sketch of the ship wrecked at Port Essington after a hurricane.

Citations

  • O’Byrne, W. (1849), 'A Naval Biographical Dictionary’, London, England, UK.

  • (1986), Deutscher Fine Art catalogue, Melbourne, Vic., April.

Initial data sources

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