Charles Henry Fairland

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Charles Henry Fairland was a painter, lithographer, illustrator and drawing master. He became town clerk of Hunters Hill municipality on its inception in 1861. His 'Sydney Drawing Book' was criticised for its failure to depict any feature of the colony or aspect of colonial life.

Citations

  • Fairland, Charles Henry, 'The Sydney Drawing Book’.

  • Information sourced from Sherry, Beverley.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

  • Information sourced from Chapman, W.

Initial data sources

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