Henry Boucher Bowerman b. 1789

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
A sketcher, civil servant and land speculator, Bowman studied under the well-known painter Thomas Sandby while at the British Military Academy at Woolwich. Arriving in Sydney in 1825, Bowman drew a number of sketches of the Parramatta and Moreton Bay, Brisbane regions.
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Name
Henry Boucher Bowerman
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Civil servant and land speculator
Birth date
1789
Death date
1840
Death place
At sea
Death note
At sea,Thought to be in the shipwreck of the Brittania.
Active Period
  • 1814 - 1839
Arrival
  • 23 January 1825 (Arrived Sydney, NSW aboard the Grenada)
Residence
  • 1838 - 1839 Victoria
  • 1835 - 1838 Parramatta, NSW
  • 1831 - 1835 Moreton Bay, Qld.
  • 1814 - 1831 New South Wales (Sydney, Port Macquarie, Parramatta )
Training
  • c.1814 British Military Academy, Woolwich, England
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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