Mr Levinge

  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Illustrator, illuminator and designer, illuminated an address presented to Rev. Dr John Bede Polding, in the late 1840s. It was later praised as a masterpiece of colonial art, despite Levinge's status as an amateur artist.
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Name
Mr Levinge
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Active Period
  • c.1840 - c.1853
Residence
  • Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related works
  • (corporate seal of the Hunter River Railway Company) (creator of)
  • (postage stamps) (creator of)
  • (illuminated address) (creator of)
Related recognitions
  • Levinge's design was chosen for the corporate seal of the Hunter River Railway Company (received)
  • Won a competition for designs for New South Wales postage stamps in the early 1850s (received)