Henry Brewer b. c.1743

  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
A sketcher and architect who arrived with the First Fleet. Nothing is known that is undoubtedly from Brewer's hand.
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Name
Henry Brewer
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Architect (ANZSIC code: 6921)
  • Provost-marshal (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • Naval officer (ANZSIC code: 7600)
Birth date
c.1743
Birth place
England, UK
Death date
8 July 1796
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • 1788 - 1796
Arrival
  • 26 January 1788 (He arrived with the First Fleet as a midshipman in the Sirius)
Residence
  • 26 January 1788 - 8 July 1796 Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Gray, A.J. (1966), 'Henry Brewer', Australian Dictionary of Biography, (ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward), vol 1, Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: Gillen, M. (1989), 'The Founders of Australia', Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: McCormick, T. (ed) (1988), 'First Views of Australia 1788-1825', Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: Rienits, R., and Rienits,T. (1963), 'Early Artists of Australia', Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: Smith, B. (1985), 'European Vision and the South Pacific', 2nd edition, Yale.>, <ExternalResource: Smith B & Wheeler, A., (eds) (1988), 'The Art of the First Fleet', Melbourne.>]