Charles Henry Fairland

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Charles Henry Fairland was a painter, lithographer, illustrator and drawing master. He became town clerk of Hunters Hill municipality on its inception in 1861. His 'Sydney Drawing Book' was criticised for its failure to depict any feature of the colony or aspect of colonial life.
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Citations

  • Fairland, Charles Henry, 'The Sydney Drawing Book’.

Initial data sources

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

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Related stub people
  • Griffin (Miss) (associate of)
  • Fairland, Christiana (spouse of)
Related works
  • Tableau de Genre (creator of)
  • The Sydney Drawing Book (creator of)
Related recognitions
  • Work 'Tableau de Genre' commended by the judges (received)
Related events
  • Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition (exhibited at)