Charles Abbold

Also known as Charlie Abbold
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher and cartoonist, Abbold's subjects ranged from scenes of the voyage from England to life on the Victorian goldfields.
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cartoonist and sketcher, was at the Bendigo goldfields in Victoria from about 1851 to 1854 when he produced a set of 20 humorous ink drawings entitled Life on the Diggings (Dixson Library Px 54). He intended to etch these for publication as a book, but this ambition seems to have remained unfulfilled. Subjects include scenes on the voyage from England to Australia, A Bendigo Ball , High Wind on the Diggings (1854), Disinterested Storekeeper and Colonial Gin and Water (an indigenous woman in the river, f.20) Some are illustrated in There Goes the Neighbourhood , p.37 (new chums) & p.39 (Van Diemen’s Land ex-convict).

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Date written:
1992
Last updated:
1989

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Related works
  • Colonial Gin and Water (creator of)
  • Disinterested Storekeeper (creator of)
  • High Wind on the Diggings (creator of)
  • A Bendigo Ball (creator of)
  • Life on the Diggings (creator of)
Related collections
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)