Charles Tompson b. c.May 1784

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
English born landholder and farmer whose two recorded sketches of himself and his wife are kept in possession of the family.
Name
Charles Tompson
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Clerk (ANZSIC code: 7291)
  • Landholder (ANZSIC code: 671)
  • Shopkeeper (ANZSIC code: G)
Birth date
c.May 1784
Birth place
Birmingham, England, UK
Death date
10 January 1871
Death place
Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
Burial place
Devonshire Street Cemetery (later transferred to the Church of England section of Rookwood Cemetery), Sydney, NSW.
Active Period
  • c.1809 - c.1871
Arrival
  • 8 May 1804 (Arrived on the 'Coramandel II'.)
Residence
  • 1850 - 1871 Clydesville, Church Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW (two different houses with the same name )
  • c.1822 - c.1850 Clydesdale, Bathurst, NSW
  • c.1809 Birmingham, Nepean River, Sydney, NSW
  • 1804 - 1871 Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870