Owen Stanley b. 13 June 1811

Also known as Captain Owen Stanley
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
With his 'passion for the sea', Stanley joined the Royal Navy, which lead him to produce numerous watercolours of Port Essington, the Swan River settlement, Sydney, New Zealand, and Tasmania. These images provide a comprehensive and personal record of the antipodes and its inhabitants.

Citations

  • West, F. (1967), 'Owen Stanley’, Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press.

  • Lubbock, A. (1968), 'Owen Stanley R.N. 1811-1850’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Information sourced from Callaway, Anita.

  • Information sourced from Bruce, Candice.

  • Bassett, M. (1966), 'Behind the Picture: HMS Rattlesnake’s Australia-New Guinea Cruise 1846 to 1850’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Hirst, Warwick (2001), 'Painting the Pacific in the Picture Gallery’, Sydney, NSW : State Library of New South Wales (exhibition guide), pp.18-19 (ill.).

  • Moyal, A. (1986), ''A bright and savage land’: Scientists in Colonial Australia’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Stokes, J. Lort (1846), 'Discoveries in Australia’, London, England, UK : 2 volumes.

  • '[Colonial Secretary’s Office 5/278 7247]’, Hobart, Tas : Archives Office of Tasmania.

See also

  • 'Becalmed near the Line. 'Hands To Bathe', Dictionary of Australian Artists, p. 751.'.
  • 'Hirst, W., Painting the Pacific in the Picture Gallery, State Library of New South Wales, 2001 (exhibition guide), pp.18-19 (ill.).'.

Initial data sources

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