George Henry Wathen b. 1818

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
George Henry Wathen's observations of goldfields' life were recorded in his book 'The Golden Colony or, Victoria in 1854'. This was illustrated, with his own sketches that exhibit the practised skill of the field artist of the period.

Citations

  • 'Dictionary of South African Biography’.

  • Hatterslay, A. (1945), 'John Sheddon Doble’, South African Journal 1862 6.

  • (1853), 'On the gold fields of Victoria or Port Phillip’, Quarterly Journal, vol. 9, Geological Society of London.

  • (30 December 1879), '(obituary)’, Natal Colonist.

  • (31 December 1879), '(obituary)’, Natal Mercury.

Initial data sources

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