Henry Mundy b. c.1798

Also known as Henry Munday, H. Mundy
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter and art teacher. painted landscapes as well as portraits. On 24 March 1848, Mundy was found dead at the Ship Hotel, Hobart Town, having killed himself by drinking a tumbler-full of laudanum.

Citations

  • Buscombe, E. (March 1978), 'A note about the painting “Rossbank Observatory” in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery’, Proceedings of the Tasmanian Historical Research Association, 25/1, .

  • Stilwell, G.T. (April 1963), 'Mr and Mrs George Carr Clark of Ellinthorp Hall’, Proceedings of the Tasmanian Historical Research Association, 2/3, .

  • Rand, A. (1966), 'Benjamin Duterrau’, in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Buscombe, E. (1978), 'Artists in Early Australia and their Portraits’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Stilwell, G.T. & von Oppeln, C., 'Henry Mundy: An Unfortunate Life’, Proceedings of the Tasmanian Historical Research Association, 48/3A (September 2001: G.T. Stilwell memorial issue), 161-171 (includes checklist of identified works).

  • Mead, I. (1958), 'Henry Mundy’, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas. (manuscript).

  • Information sourced from Curnow, Heather.

  • Information sourced from Dunbar, Diane.

Initial data sources

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