Robert Elwes

Also known as Robert Elwee
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
The adventurous sketcher and lithographer was shipwrecked off Flinders Island in 1849 on his round-the-world voyage. His book, 'A Sketcher's Tour round the World' featured lithographs of his travels but he considered Australia a poor country for one in search of the picturesque.
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Citations

  • Craig, C. (1964), 'Old Tasmanian Prints’, Launceston, Tas.

  • Elwee, R. (1854), 'A Sketcher’s Tour round the World’, London, England, UK.

  • Hasluck, A. (1973), 'Royal Engineer: A Life of Sir Edmund DuCane’, Cremorne, NSW.

  • Information sourced from Anderson, Ingrid.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

Initial data sources

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

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