Albert Edward Aldis, an English artist who emigrated to New Zealand in 1886. He lived and painted in both New Zealand and Australia, spending the last decade of his life in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. He died in Manly, Sydney, in 1921.
Aldis's birth date is widely reported as 1970, however the correspondence of his wife, Olga, gives his his birthdate as 31 January 1865 (283-2, Grainger Museum). Aldis's age as given in the 1871 and 1881 British Censuses agree with this date.