Auschar C. Chauncy b. c.1836

  • Artist (Painter)
Portrait, landscape and transparency painter born in London. He worked in Brisbane, Rockhampton and Gympie in Queensland and 'obtained considerable celebrity as a portrait and landscape painter'.

Citations

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, Sydney, NSW : Angus and Robertson, (facsimile reprint 1980), 2 volumes.

  • (1870), Queensland : Pugh’s Queensland Almanac and Directory.

  • (1867), Sydney, NSW : Sands and Kenny’s Sydney Directory.

  • (1876), Brisbane, Qld : Shaw’s Brisbane Directory and Squatters’ Guide.

  • (4 January 1873), Rockhampton, Qld : Bulletin.

  • (1866), 'Sydney Mechanics Institute Report 3 May 1866’, Sydney, NSW : State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library (ML A4150).

  • (4 January 1869), Brisbane, Qld : Brisbane Courier.

  • (3 June 1876), Gympie Times.

  • (17 November 1873), Brisbane, Qld : Telegraph.

  • Atkinson, James (1826), 'Account of the State of Agriculture and Grazing in New South Wales’, London, England, UK.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.

  • Information sourced from Callaway, A.

Initial data sources

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