Edward Young b. c.1821

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Worked as a surgeon on board the 'Roxburgh Castle' in 1861. Young kept a diary of the voyage which included over 100 small illustrations in the text, and thirty full-page illustrations mainly in pen-and-ink or pencil with the occasional watercolour.

Citations

  • Marshall, T. (April 1982), 'Out and home: A trip from England to Australia: A collection of rough pen and pencil memoranda by Edward Young’, La Trobe Library Journal 8/29, .

Initial data sources

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