Henry Lidgbird Ball b. 1756

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
A naval officer, Ball commanded a ship in the First Fleet. He discovered and named Lord Howe Island and made an ink and watercolour work to commemorate the occasion.
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Citations

  • Parsons, V. (1966), 'Henry Lidgbird Ball’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Melbourne, Vic., vol. 1.

  • Gillen, M. (1989), 'The Founders of Australia’, Sydney, NSW.

Initial data sources

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

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