Edwin Augustus Porcher

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Edwin Augustus Porcher was a sketcher and naval officer. He was scientific observer and unofficial artist aboard the Royal Navy's corvette Fly which, with the schooner Bramble, carried out the first hydrographic survey of the north-eastern Australian coast in 1842-45.
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Name
Edwin Augustus Porcher
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Lieutenant
  • Naval officer
Death date
1878
Active Period
  • c.1843 - c.1846
Residence
  • England, UK
  • Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tas.)
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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  • Fly (Royal Navy Corvette) (associate of)
  • Bramble (Royal Navy schooner) (associate of)
  • Sidon (associate of)
  • Fly (Royal Navy Corvette) (associate of)
  • Bramble (Royal Navy schooner) (associate of)