George Andrew Duncan Forsyth b.

Also known as G. A. Forsyth, G. A. F., G. F., G. A. D. F.
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
A sketcher, harbour master and godson of the eminent cartoonist George Cruikshank, he made pen and ink and watercolour sketches of Fremantle and Rottnest Island.

Citations

  • Chapman, B. (1979), 'The Colonial Eye’, Art Gallery of Western Australia catalogue, Perth, WA.

  • Erickson, R. (1988), 'The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre 1829-1888’, Nedlands, WA.

  • Information sourced from Warbrick, Colette.

Initial data sources

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