Charles Rodius b. 1802

Also known as Charles Rhodius, Charles Rodins
  • Artist (Performance Artist),
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Charles (Rhodius) Rodius was a portraitist, illustrator, draughtsman, lithographer and singer. He was sentenced to seven years transportation for stealing a reticule containing a handkerchief, a smelling bottle, an opera-glass, and two opera tickets from Lady Laura Meyrick as she was leaving the Royal Opera House in London.
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associate of
Ackermann & Co. of the Strand, London, UK.
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associate of
Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, Sydney, NSW.
Other occupation

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