Randolph John Want b. 1811

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Prominent solicitor and Member of Parliament (1856-61). Although relatively unknown as an artist, four small signed pencil drawings by Want dating from about 1843 are known.
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Name
Randolph John Want
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • member of parliament (ANZSIC code: 75) (member of parliament Member of the Legislative Council 1856-61)
  • shale-mining developer (ANZSIC code: 0700)
  • solicitor (ANZSIC code: 6931)
Birth date
1811
Birth place
London, England, UK
Death date
1869
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • 1843
Arrival
  • 8 May 1829 (Sydney, NSW)
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 746/1869'.>, <ExternalResource: (October 1986), 'Fine Australian Painting and Drawings', Sydney, New South Wales: Sotheby's catalogue, .>, <ExternalResource: Want, R. (1976), 'Randolph John Want', Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 6, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vols 1-6, Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: Connolly, C. (1983), 'Biographic Register of the New South Wales Parliament 1856 1901', Canberra, ACT.>] [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 746/1869'.>, <ExternalResource: (October 1986), 'Fine Australian Painting and Drawings', Sydney, New South Wales: Sotheby's catalogue, .>]