James Lethbridge Templer b. 9 November 1811

  • Artist (Painter)
Colonial sketcher, poet, maritime officer and farmer, whose appreciation of horseflesh and hunting produced some lively works in landscape, animal and genre scenes including watercolour portraits of horses. Writer of the words to the song 'Indemnity Gipps', Templer died tragically returning from a picnic when his horse crushed him against a tree.

Citations

  • Templer, J.C. (ed.) (1872), 'Poems by the Late James Lethbridge Templer’, London, England, UK.

  • 'Templer Family Papers’, Sydney, NSW : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, (manuscript 2972).

  • Templer, J.L., 'Journal 1839-42’, Sydney, NSW : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, (manuscript 2266).

  • Templer, J. L., 'Sketchbook (copy)’, Sydney, NSW : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.

Initial data sources

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