H. E. Pain

  • Artist (Painter)
H. E. Pain was a collector of curios from the Pacific Region, confusingly still referred to as the 'South Seas' by Australians at the time, a hangover from the country's British heritage. He was also a talented artist and was commissioned to create works to welcome the Duke of Edinburgh in 1867. He particularly focussed on the lives of Indigenous Australians and on native flora and fauna.
exhibited at
'natural curiosities relating to the Australias, the Fijis, and other South Sea Islands'
Date
1862
Place
Mammoth Museum, Bourke Street, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition