Edward Snell b. 27 November 1820

Also known as E. S.
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
A successful surveyor and engineer as well as a painter and a sketcher, whose move to Australia was significant to his artistic output, beginning with a sketch diary kept on board the voyage to Adelaide.
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Citations

  • Snell, E. (1988), 'The Life and Adventures of Edward Snell: The Illustrated Diary of an Artist, Engineer and Adventurer in the Australian Colonies 1849 to 1859’, Sydney, NSW : Griffiths, T. (ed.); with Platt, A. (and bibliography).

  • 'The life and adventures of E. Snell from 1849 to 1859’, Melbourne, Vic : La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, (manuscript).

  • 'The life and adventures of E. Snell 1842’, Manuscript, private collection.

  • Wright, Alderman George (1857), 'Wattle Blossoms, Some of the Grave and Gay Reminiscences of an Old Colonist’, (Illustrations by Snell, Edward).

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related collections
  • Private collection (collected in)
  • National Railway Museum, York, UK (collected in)
  • Great Railway Museum, Swindon, UK (collected in)
  • Geelong City Council, Geelong, VIC (collected in)
  • Geelong Historical Records Centre, Geelong, VIC (collected in)
  • Map Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Private collection (collected in)
  • National Railway Museum, York, UK (collected in)
  • Great Railway Museum, Swindon, UK (collected in)
  • Geelong City Council, Geelong, VIC (collected in)
  • Geelong Historical Records Centre, Geelong, VIC (collected in)
  • Map Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)