Thomas James Lempriere b. 11 January 1796

  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Painter)
Self-taught portrait painter and decorative artist of Tasmania during the mid 1800s. Linus Miller said about him: 'Mr Lempriere was one of those rare specimens of humanity whom nature has endowed with a soul so much larger and more noble than we generally meet with'.

Citations

  • Ellis, W. (1967), 'Thomas James Lempriere’, Melbourne, Vic : in Australian Dictionary of Biography, (Volume 2), Pike, D. (ed.).

  • Heard, D. (ed.) (1981), 'The Journal of Charles O’Hara Booth’, Hobart, Tas.

  • Lempriere, T. (1850), 'Souvenirs of France’, United Services Magazine.

  • Miller, L.W. (1846), 'Notes of an Exile to Van Diemen’s Land’, New York, USA.

  • 'Lempriere Papers and Diaries’, Sydney, NSW : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales (manuscript A3343, A577).

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

  • Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.

Initial data sources

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