Francis Charles Newry b. 3 August 1842

Also known as Francis Charles Needham, Viscount Newry, Earl Of Kilmorey
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Newry was a sketcher and photographer who travelled with two friends, including Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, on a round the world voyage in 1868/69. During his time in Australia, Newry completed a series sketches and photographs but his after hours activities and 'fast' behaviour received more attention than his drawings.
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Citations

  • Kerr, Joan, ''Colonial Eye’ [lecture]’.

  • Callaway, A. (1989), 'A right royal masquerade’, Art and Australia (Volume 27, Number 1).

  • Doubleday, H. & de Walden, H. (1929), 'The Complete Peerage’, London, England, UK.

  • (1868), Freeman’s Journal, 01-18.

  • Candler, C., 'Notes on Melbourne life’, La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (manuscript).

  • Leighton S., 'Sketches in Australia with journal extracts’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (manuscript).

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

  • Callaway, Anita (1992), 'The artist as lady-killer : a glance at erotica and the nude in the colonial period’, Sydney, NSW : Art & Australia, Volume 30, Number 1, Spring, pp 54-9.

See also

  • 'Francis, Lord Newry (attrib.), How some of the Galateans 'Man their Yards' on Shore c.1868, ink and wash, 21.3 x 26cm. Mitchell Library. Illustrated in the Dictionary of Australian Artists, p 573'.

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