Richard Huthnane Nancarrow b. c.1833

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Migrating to Australia in 1855, he settled in Neilborough in Victoria where he worked as a miner. He became well-known in the area for his natural history paintings and won the gold medal for his Australian wildflower watercolour paintings at the Geelong Industrial and Juvenile Exhibition in 1879.

Citations

  • 'Victorian Death Register’.

  • Cusack, F. (1973), 'Bendigo: A History’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1875), Bendigo Advertiser, 04-21.

Initial data sources

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