Alexander Tolmer b. 1815

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher and police officer, was born in England of French parents and moved to South Australia. Sketched military pictures, scenes of the Australian landscape, criminals and bushrangers and Aboriginals.
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Name
Alexander Tolmer
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Crown lands ranger (ANZSIC code: 7510)
  • Sheep-farmer (ANZSIC code: 0141)
  • Deckhand (ANZSIC code: 5219)
  • Police officer (ANZSIC code: 7711)
Birth date
1815
Birth place
England, UK
Death date
7 March 1890
Death place
Mitcham, Adelaide, South Australia
Active Period
  • c.1847 - c.1869
Arrival
  • February 1840
Residence
  • France
  • 1840 - 1890 South Australia, Australia
  • Hawkhurst, England, UK
  • Maidstone, England, UK
  • Rouen, France
  • Plymouth, England, UK
  • England, UK
Cultural Heritage
  • French
Languages
  • French
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Mayo, J. (1976), 'Alexander Tolmer', Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6 [Nairn, B. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press.>, <ExternalResource: Benko, N. (1969), 'Art and Artists of South Australia', Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Tolmer, A. (1882), 'Reminiscences of an Adventurous and Chequered Career at Home and at the Antipodes', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: (1975), 'Forgotten Artists', Adelaide, SA : Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', Melbourne, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (2nd edition).>]