Charles Style Akers b.

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
English colonial Royal engineer whose watercolours and drawings of Tasmanian scenery belied his frustration at having received such a far-flung posting. He later painted icebergs when ordered to go to Canada.
Name
Charles Style Akers
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Civil engineer (ANZSIC code: 6923)
Birth date
Birth place
England, UK
Active Period
  • c.1848 - c.1870
Arrival
  • 5 June 1849 (Arrived Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tas), aboard the Cacique via Singapore and Adelaide.)
Residence
  • Canada
  • England, UK
  • c.1854 - c.May 1855 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1854 - May 1855 Tasmania
  • 1852 - 1854 Norfolk Island, Australia, Norfolk Island, NSW
  • 5 June 1849 - 1852 Tasmania
  • c.December 1848 - c.June 1849 Adelaide, SA
  • c.December 1848 - c.June 1849 Singapore
  • c.1846 - c.December 1848 Southampton, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870