Edmund Frederick Du Cane b. 23 March 1830

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Engaged as a Royal Engineer to superintend the works for the proposed convict establishment in Western Australia. Du Cane's sketches and paintings of exploratory expeditions, colonial life and Aborigines engaged in traditional pursuits and communicating with colonialists are valued for being some of the earliest recordings of the penal colony. In 1877, after returning to England, he was knighted f
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exhibited at
Chelsea Royal Military Exhibition
Date
1890
Place
Chelsea Hospital, London, England, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition

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