Captain Charles Staniforth Hext b. 5 February 1815

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher and military officer, he was stationed in Australia twice and sketched local scenes. In about 1845 Charles Hutchins published lithographs from seven of Hext's sketches as "Views in Australia and Tasmania".
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    Private collection

  • Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas.
  • University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic.
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

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References [<ExternalResource: (c.1845), 'Views in Australia and Tasmania', Charles Hutchins, Liverpool, England, UK, Lithographs from seven of Hext's sketches.>, <ExternalResource: Brown, G.D. (1981), 'Captain Charles Staniforth Hext, Soldier and Artist', Hobart, Tas.>, <ExternalResource: Craig, C. (1964), 'Old Tasmanian Prints, prepared in Great Britain, Europe, and on the mainland of Australia', Launceston, Tas.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.>] [<ExternalResource: (c.1845), 'Views in Australia and Tasmania', Charles Hutchins, Liverpool, England, UK, Lithographs from seven of Hext's sketches.>]