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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Citations

  • Chapman, B. (1979), 'The Colonial Eye’, Catalogue, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Perth, WA.

  • Croft, Brenda L. (2001), 'Indigenous Art – Art Gallery of Western Australia’, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA page 51.

  • Erickson, R. (1988), 'The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre 1829-1888’, Nedlands, WA.

  • Gooding, J. (1985), 'From Mount Eliza’, Catalogue, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA.

  • Staples, A. (1955), 'Henry Charles Prinsep’, Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Western Australia, Volume 5.

  • 'Prinsep Diaries and Papers’, Battye Library of Australian History, State Library of Western Australia, Perth, WA.

  • Staples, A. (1971), 'Notes on Henry Prinsep and “Little Holland House” Busselton’, Newsletter, Royal Western Australian Historical Society (Busselton Branch), May, Perth, WA.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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