Henry Boucher Bowerman b. 1789

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
A sketcher, civil servant and land speculator, Bowman studied under the well-known painter Thomas Sandby while at the British Military Academy at Woolwich. Arriving in Sydney in 1825, Bowman drew a number of sketches of the Parramatta and Moreton Bay, Brisbane regions.

Citations

  • Cumpston, J. (1964), 'Shipping Arrivals and Departures 1788-1825’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Evans, S. (1982), 'Historic Brisbane and its Early Artists’, Brisbane, Qld.

  • Oulton, M. (1985), 'A Valley of the Finest Description: A History of the Shire of Lexton’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1839), New South Wales Gazette.

  • (1834), Sydney Almanack.

  • (1836), Sydney Herald, 02-04.

  • (1825), Australian, 01-27.

  • 'Commissariat Department, Service Register 1812-37’, PRO London, WO 61/2.

Initial data sources

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