Sketcher, was only seven and a half years old in 1862 when his father exhibited his pencil view of the sea in the sixth annual exhibition of the South Australian Society of Arts, Adelaide.
sketcher, was only seven and a half years old in 1862 when his father exhibited his pencil view of the sea in the sixth annual exhibition of the South Australian Society of Arts, Adelaide. It won a prize and the Advertiser noted that this 'promises well for the little boy’s future career’. At the next exhibition he won the prize for the best drawing by a person under twelve. Further evidence of his youthful talent was shown at the society’s 1864 exhibition when Labatt ('who is becoming a regular contributor to the Society of Arts’) was awarded a prize of one guinea for a sepia drawing, again judged the best work by a young person under twelve. No further exhibits, however, are known.
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