Thomas Spurr b. c.1801

Also known as Rev Thomas Spurr
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Painter)
Dismissed as a clergyman, Spurr advertised as a drawing and painting teacher before going on to become an architectural draughtsman. A position he was consequently also sacked from, this time for alcoholism, insolence and incompetence. No identifiable art works are known.

Citations

  • '[Thomas Spurr file]’, Archives of Tasmania.

  • Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.

  • (15 August 1856), '[CSO 50/14, Inquest no. 3828]’, Tasmania : Archives of Tasmania.

  • Information sourced from Glover, Margaret.

Initial data sources

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