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scene painter, assisted C.W. Andrews to paint the act drop for Sydney’s new Prince of Wales Theatre in March 1855. Douglas seems to have continued to work as a scene-painter, although his name usually appeared in the playbills only as auxiliary to a 'big name’ artist. He assisted, for example, John Hennings with the scenery for Semiramide at the Prince of Wales, Sydney, in 1866 and for the pantomime The House that Jack Built at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, in December 1869. He also assisted William Pitt with scenery for the concurrent Christmas pantomime, Harlequin Jack Sheppard , at the Duke of Edinburgh (Haymarket) Theatre, Melbourne. He is presumably the Mr Douglas who provided a transparency for the Protestant Hall, Stephen Street, Melbourne as part of the local celebrations for the marriage of the Prince of Wales in 1863. His paintings of the royal arms, the Danish arms and the English quartered with the Welsh and Danish arms, as well as a portrait of William III above them (subsequently removed), was considered by the Age to be 'of a very excellent description’.

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1992

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2011