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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Name
Edmund Frederick Du Cane
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Penal reformer
  • Engineer
  • Architect
Birth date
23 March 1830
Birth place
Colchester, Essex, England, UK
Death date
7 June 1903
Death place
London, England, UK
Active Period
  • 1851 - 1890
Arrival
  • 17 December 1851
Residence
  • 1856 - 1903 England, UK
  • 1851 - 1856 Western Australia
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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  • Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (associate of)
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Related works
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Related collections
  • untitled (collected in)
Related events
  • Chelsea Royal Military Exhibition (exhibited at)