Captain Otway

Also known as Robert Jocelyn Otway, Tufts
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter and Royal Naval officer who may have been the original artist of 'Native about to throw a spear at kangaroos' held at the NLA. He may have been the pseudonymous artist, 'Tufts', or he may have copied the painting from Tufts's illustration.
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Citations

  • Clowes, W.L.. (1901), 'The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, vol. 6,’, London, UK.

  • McDonald, P.R. & Pearce, B., Sydney, NSW (eds) (1988), 'The Artist and the Patron’, AGNSW catalogue,.

  • O’Byrne, W. (1849), 'A Naval Biographical Dictionary’, London, UK.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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