Mortimer Lewis b. 1796

Also known as Mortimer William Lewis, Mortimer W. Lewis
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Colonial Architect of NSW, came to Sydney in March 1830. National Portrait Gallery holds a pair of miniatures in watercolour on ivory of Mortimer and Elizabeth Lewis.

Citations

  • 'NSW Birth Records : V1833441 17/1833’.

  • 'NSW Death Records : 3066/1879’.

  • Anstee, B. (1971), 'The life and work of Mortimer William Lewis’, Thesis, Bachelor of Architecture, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

  • Herman, Morton (1970), 'The early Australian architects and their work’, Sydney : Angus and Robertson (2nd ed.).

  • Herman, Morton (1967), 'Lewis, Mortimer William (1796 – 1879)’, Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, Melbourne University Press, pp 112-113.

See also

  • 'Mortimer and Elizabeth Lewis c.1828 (miniatures) Deutscher-Menzies, Australian and International Art Auction Catalogue, August, 28-29, 2002', gift of Leo Schofield, 2002, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT.

Initial data sources

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