American male colonial botanical and portrait sketcher who visited Australia as part of the 1838-1842 USA World Expedition. Agate remained in Sydney drawing NSW landscapes while the rest of the team toured Antarctica.
'Dictionary of Australian Artists p. 8', After Alfred Agate, Forest, Illiwarra, N.S.W. 1840, engraving by J. A. Ralph in Charles Wilkes, narrative of the United States exploring expediition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Philedelphia 1844, vol. 2.
Initial data sources
The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870