Edward M. Shew

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Edward M. Shew was a drawing teacher. When the Artisans School of Design was founded in the late 1860s, he was the first drawing master employed.
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drawing teacher, showed 'Models and Materials for teaching Drawing, and specimens of drawing from familiar objects’ at the 1854 Melbourne Exhibition when living at 5 Marion Street, Collingwood. He advertised his availability as a drawing teacher in the Argus in 1859, and he was the first drawing master employed when the Artisans School of Design was founded in the old Trades Hall, Carlton, in the late 1860s. Moore refers to him as 'a very able instructor in model drawing’ who helped establish Carlton’s pre-eminence as a drawing school for working men. Most of his work would undoubtedly have been of a technical nature.

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Date written:
1992
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2011

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