Edward Roper b. 1832

Also known as C. Roper
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Edward Roper, painter, illustrator, publisher, lithographer, writer and traveller, was inspired by Australian, New Zealand, South Sea Island and Canadian subjects as shown in the 1886 London group exhibition. Roper was by far the largest single Australasian art contributor and seems to have produced replicas for many years.
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Name
Edward Roper
Also known as C. Roper
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Publisher (Publisher Graphotyping Company,UK; Melbourne Graphotype Engraving Company, Vic.)
  • Traveller
  • Writer
Birth date
1832
Birth place
England, UK, England, UK?
Birth note
Place uncertain
Death date
1909
Death place
Lewes, England, UK
Active Period
  • c.1857 - c.1890
Arrival
  • c.1857 (Victoria.)
Residence
  • c.1890 Canada
  • c.1887 Canada
  • c.1883 Canada
  • c.1898 The Newlands, Bexhill-on-Sea, Ontario, Canada
  • c.1898 - c.1902 Lewes, England, UK
  • c.1891 London, England, UK
  • c.1888 - c.1889 Staplehurst, Kent, UK
  • c.1872 Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1870 - c.1871 Voyage around the world on 'Newcastle'.
  • 1871 - 1872 Richmond, Vic.
  • c.1870 Deptford, London, England, UK
  • c.1847 Canada
  • c.1885 - c.1889 Australia
  • 1866 - 1868 Victoria
  • c.1857 Victoria
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • DAA with additions

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Related stub people
  • Roper, Edward (Mrs) (spouse of)
  • Mueller, Baron Von (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Deptford Emigration Society (associate of)
  • Royal Geographical Society (associate of)
Related works
  • Cutting down and Cutting up the Australian Giants, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria (creator of)
  • Gold Mining (creator of)
  • Rounding Up Cattle (creator of)
  • Bringing down the Wool from a Murray Station (creator of)
  • A Kangaroo Hunt under Mount Zero, the Grampians, Victoria (creator of)
  • An Emu Hunt (creator of)
  • A Kangaroo Chase in Gippsland, Victoria (creator of)
  • Caffraes Swamp, Now Called Lake Lonsdale, near Stawell, Victoria (creator of)
  • Cutting down a Giant Australian Gum Tree, State Forest, Dandenong Range (creator of)
  • Wallaby Point, the Grampians, Victoria (creator of)
  • Run after Emu, on the Plains near the Wimmera (creator of)
  • Chasing an Emu, Plains near Ararat, Victoria (creator of)
  • The gold-diggings at Ararat (creator of)
  • Wilson's Promontory Most Southerly Pt. of Australia (creator of)
  • The Quartz Reef Pleasant Creek [Stawell] from the Hill back of Messrs. Blunder Wainwright and Cos. Camp (creator of)
  • Water Fowling (creator of)
Related collections
  • Private collections. (collected in)
  • Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, Vic. (collected in)
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic. (collected in)
  • ICI, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related events
  • Colonial and Impressionist Paintings (exhibited at)
  • Edward Roper's Victorian and New Zealand oil and watercolour paintings (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • The Art of Graphotype Engraving (exhibited at)