Augustus Baker Peirce b. 7 October 1840

Also known as Gus Pearce, Augustus Peirce, A. Peirce, Gus B. Peirce, Gus Pierce, Augustus Pierce
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Widely travelled Colonial era American-born sketcher, comic illustrator, caricaturist, painter, scene-painter, professional photographer, sailor, theatrical performer and entrepreneur.
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Name
Augustus Baker Peirce
Also known as:
  • Gus Pearce
  • Augustus Peirce
  • A. Peirce
  • Gus B. Peirce
  • Gus Pierce
  • Augustus Pierce
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • professional photographer (ANZSIC code: 6991)
  • riverboat captain (ANZSIC code: 48)
  • snake-oil salesman (ANZSIC code: 4310)
  • steamboat-captain (ANZSIC code: 48)
  • hotelier (ANZSIC code: 4400)
  • entrepreneur (ANZSIC code: 6240)
  • theatrical performer (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • sailor (ANZSIC code: 48)
  • scene-painter (ANZSIC code: 9002)
Birth date
7 October 1840
Birth place
West Medford, MA, USA
Death date
1919
Death place
USA
Active Period
  • c.1859 - c.1891
Arrival
  • 1859 (Melbourne, Vic.)
Residence
  • Adelaide, SA
  • Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1871 - c.1872 Bathurst, NSW
  • c.1879 - c.1889 Geelong, Vic.
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • DAA with additions

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References [<ExternalResource: Peirce, A. (1924), 'Knocking About', New Haven, CT, USA (reprint, Wangaratta 1984).>, <ExternalResource: (1966), 'Newsreel in 1862 : The Grand Moving Diorama of the Victorian Exploring Expedition', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: (1862), South Australian Advertiser, 12-02.>, <ExternalResource: (1868), Wagga Wagga Advertiser, 11-25.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Bruce, Candice.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Lennon, J.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Lewis, Mary.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Orchard, Ken.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Fox, Paul.>]