George French Angas b. 25 April 1822

Also known as G. F. A.
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
A watercolour and natural history painter, many of Angas's sketches from his travels as a naturalist in the mid 1800s became the basis for lithographic plates used in his publications.

Citations

  • Angas, George French (1842), 'A Ramble in Malta and Sicily in the Autumn of 1841 … Illustrated with Sketches taken on the spot and drawn on stone by the author’.

  • Tregenza, J. (1980), 'George French Angas’, Adelaide, SA, Entry taken largely from.

  • Tregenza, J. (1980), 'George French Angas’, Adelaide, SA, Entry taken largely from.

  • Morgan, E. (1966), 'George French Angas’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 1, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, Melbourne 1966-1976.

  • Benko, N. (1969), 'Art and Artists of South Australia’, Adelaide, SA.

  • McDonald, P.R.; & Pearce, B. (1988), 'The Artist and the Patron’, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW.

  • Mander-Jones, P. (1972), 'Manuscripts in the British Isles relating to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, 2 vols, (facsimile reprint, 1980).

  • Platts, U. (1979), 'Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists’, Christchurch, New Zealand.

  • Wilson, S.C.; & Borrow, K.T. (1973), 'The Bridge over the Ocean’, Adelaide, SA.

  • 'Sydney Mechanics Institute Reports’, Mitchell Library ms A4150.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

  • Information sourced from Henderson, Beryl.

  • Information sourced from Tregenza, John.

  • Angas, George French (1846), 'South Australia Illustrated’, London, England, UK.

  • Angas, George French (1846), 'The New Zealanders Illustrated’, London, England, UK.

  • Angas, George French (1847), 'Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand: Being an Artist’s Impressions of Countries and Peoples at the Antipodes (2 vols)’, Smith, Elder & Co., London, England, UK.

  • Angas, George French (1849), 'The Kaffirs Illustrated’, London, England, UK.

  • Angas, George French (1851), 'Six Views of the Gold Field at Ophir…,’, Woolcott and Clarke.

  • Angas, George French, 'Views of the Gold Regions of Australia Drawn on the Spot by G.F. Angus’, London, England, UK.

  • Angas, George French (1865), 'Australia: A Popular Account of its Physical Features, Inhabitants, Natural History and Productions. With the History of its Colonization’, London, England, UK.

  • Angas, George French (1866), 'Polynesia, a Description of the Islands of the Pacific’, London, England, UK.

Initial data sources

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