Charles H. Allen b. 13 April 1824

Also known as C. H. Allan, Chas. H. Allen, Charles Harris Allen
  • Artist (Painter)
Colonial male watercolourist who travelled around South Australia and Queensland in 1868 as part of a world tour. Allen painted landscapes as he went and on returning to London wrote an unillustrated memoir about the Queensland goldfields.
Name
Charles H. Allen
Also known as:
  • C. H. Allan (possible alternate spelling)
  • Chas. H. Allen
  • Charles Harris Allen
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Underwriter, traveller, Secretary and Hon Secretary, Anti-Slavery Society, London, 1879 -1902 c.1861 - 1902 London, England, UK
Birth date
13 April 1824
Birth place
Great Coggelshall, Essex, , England
Death date
19 December 1904
Death place
17 Well Walk, Hampstead, London, England
Arrival
  • c.1868 (arrived Australia 19 April 1868 according to his comment in a paper 'The goldfields of Australia' given to the Ordinary General Meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute, England, 19 April 1869 )
Residence
  • c.1824 - c.1904 London, England, UK
  • c.1868 Adelaide, SA
  • c.1868 Port Bowen, Qld
  • c.1868 Townsville, Qld
Training
  • -
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • DAA with additions