Henry Charles Prinsep b. 5 September 1844

Also known as Harry
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Harry Prinsep was active in many parts of Western Australian society. Trained in Law and associated with the east India Company he worked as a draughtsman among other thing, producing numerous amateur and professional sketches, paintings and photographs.
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Name
Henry Charles Prinsep
Also known as Harry
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Pastoralist
  • Head of the Mines Department
  • Chief Protector of Aborigines
  • Public servant
  • Settler
  • Topographical draughtsman
  • Scene-painter
Birth date
5 September 1844
Birth place
Calcutta, India
Death date
20 July 1922
Death place
Busselton, WA
Active Period
  • c.1857 - c.1907
Arrival
  • 20 May 1866 (aboard the "David and Jessie".)
Residence
  • c.1912 - c.1922 Little Holland House, Busselton
  • 1907 - 1912 England, UK
  • 1874 - 1912 The Studio, Perth, WA
  • 1868 - 1874 Prinsep Park, Dardanup, WA
  • Heidelberg, Germany
  • Dresden, Germany
  • Oxford, UK
Training
  • Heidelberg, Vic
  • Law, Oxford, England, Uk
  • Dresden, Germany
  • George Frederick Watts (teacher)
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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  • Prinsep, Charles Robert (child of)
  • Prinsep, Thoby (relative of)
  • Watts, George Frederick (associate of)
  • Prinsep, Valentine (relative of)
  • Bussell, Charlotte Josephine (spouse of)
  • Bussell, Charlotte (relative of)
Related stub person groups
  • St George's Cathedral (associate of)
  • Lands Department (associate of)
  • Wilgie Club, WA (founder) (associate of)
  • Western Australian Society of Arts (vice-president and member) (associate of)
  • East India Company (associate of)
  • Heimdahl (associate of)
  • Lands and Surveys Department (associate of)
  • Mines Department (associate of)
  • Mechanics Hall (associate of)
  • Possum (associate of)
Related people
  • Bussell, John Garrett (relative of)
  • Prinsep, Virginia Mary (parent of)
  • Prinsep, Carlotta Louisa (parent of)
Related works
  • Views of Perth, Geraldton and Rottnest Island (creator of)
  • Sketches (Ernest Giles's 'Australia Twice Traversed...1872 to 1876') (creator of)
  • Sketches (John Forrest's Journal of Proceedings of the Western Australian Exploring Expedition) (creator of)
  • Perth Town Hall under construction (creator of)
Related collections
  • Private collections. (collected in)
  • Little Holland House, Busselton, WA (collected in)
  • Battye Library of Australian History, State Library of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
Related events
  • Western Australian Society of Arts (exhibited at)