Charles Stanley b. 15 June 1819

Also known as Charles Edward Stanley
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Stanley was posted to Van Diemen's Land by the Royal Engineers in 1846. Though he was to survive in the colony only two years, a victim of gastro-enteritis, he spent time sketching picturesque views with John Skinner Prout and Simpkinson.

Citations

  • Angus, M. (1984), 'Simpkinson De Wesselow: Landscape Painter in Van Diemen’s Land and the Port Phillip District, 1844-1848’, Hobart, Tas.

  • Lubbock, A. (1968), 'Owen Stanley R.N. 1811-1850’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Information sourced from Curnow, Heather.

  • Information sourced from Henderson, Beryl.

See also

  • 'Tasman's Arch, Eagle Hawk Neck, Van Diemen's Land, 1848, NLA News, June 1998, front and back covers.'.

Initial data sources

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