George French Angas b. 25 April 1822

Also known as G. F. A.
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
A watercolour and natural history painter, many of Angas's sketches from his travels as a naturalist in the mid 1800s became the basis for lithographic plates used in his publications.
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creator of
Scene in Illawarra
 
creator of
Fisher Boy
 
creator of
Sailor Boy
 
creator of
Gold Washing, Summer Creek, 1851

Published in his set of two-colour lithographs, 'Six Views of the Gold Field at Ophir’

 
creator of
Kaaroo alias Old Gooseberry, Widow of Bungaree
 
creator of
Gatherings of a naturalist in Australasia
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Medium
Works on paper
Tags
Natural History, Drawings, Oceania, Australia
URL
http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b1388863

London: John Van Voorst, xii, 456 p., 8 leaves of plates: ill. (some col.), 1 chart; 23 cm.

 
creator of
The 'Mooruk' from New Britain, Sydney, Sept. 15th 1857
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creator of
Flabellina ianthina
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creator of
Edward Hargraves
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creator of
Double Bay, Port Jackson
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creator of
Six views of the gold field of Ophir, at Summerhill and Lewis Ponds Creeks
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Medium
Works on paper
Tags
Lithography, Gold mines, Colonial Art
URL
http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b1306216

Drawn from nature and on stone,
Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke [6] leaves of plates: chiefly ill.; 36 × 45 cm

 
creator of
South Australian Botany, Native Flowers
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creator of
South Australia illustrated
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Works on paper
Tags
Illustrated Book, Australian Colonial Art, Description and Travel, Aboriginal Australians
URL
http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b1306219

London: Thomas M’Lean, 60 leaves of plates: col. ill.; 55 cm.

 
creator of
Savage life and scenes in Australia and New Zealand: being an artist's impressions of countries and people at the Antipodes
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Medium
Works on paper
Tags
Illustrated Book, Description and Travel, Colonial Art
URL
http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b2790408

London: Smith, Elder, and Co.,second ed., 2 v.: ill.; 20 cm.

 
creator of
The New Zealanders illustrated
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Medium
Works on paper
Tags
Illustrated Book, New Zealand, Description and Travel
URL
http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b2829872

London : Thomas M’Lean, 60 leaves of col. plates ; 55 cm.

 
creator of
Old King Tamara, the Last of the Sydney Tribe. Aug. 15, 1845
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South Australian Museum

 
creator of
Dapto
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creator of
Interior of Crater, Mount Schanck
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  • Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, England, UK (collected in)
  • British Museum, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • Hocken Library, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Auckland City Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia (collected in)
  • Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, SA (collected in)
  • Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Mortlock Library of South Australiana, State Library of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Trust of Australia (NSW), Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Special Collections, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Castlemaine Art Museum (collected in)
  • Private collections (collected in)
  • Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, England, UK (collected in)
  • British Museum, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • Hocken Library, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Auckland City Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia (collected in)
  • Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, SA (collected in)
  • Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Mortlock Library of South Australiana, State Library of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Trust of Australia (NSW), Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Special Collections, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)