Peter Rye

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Peter Rye was a sketcher who also had a distinguished naval career until 1837. While he was at sea fighting the French in 1793, two of his drawings were exhibited with the Society for Promoting Natural History Records in London.
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Citations

  • Mander-Jones, P. (1972), 'Manuscripts in the British Isles Relating to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific’, Canberra, ACT.

  • O’Byrne, W. (1849), 'A Naval Biographical Dictionary’, London, England.

Initial data sources

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

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