Edward Forde b. c.1829

  • Artist (Painter)
An Irish watercolourist and surveyor who arrived in Australia in the early 1860s and married the natural history artist Helena Scott. He died after contracting fever on an expedition to survey the Darling River.
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Name
Edward Forde
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Draughtsman (ANZSIC code: 692)
  • Surveyor (ANZSIC code: 6922)
Birth date
c.1829
Birth place
Ireland
Death date
20 June 1866
Death place
Balranald, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1860 - c.1866
Residence
  • c.1862 - c.1865 NSW
  • 1857 - 1859 New Zealand
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related collections
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)