Robert Lethbridge King b. 1823

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Like other members of the King family Robert kept a sketchbook of drawings and watercolours. His sketch books, held in the Mitchell Library, contain drawings of Australian fish and crustacea as well as portraits and landscapes.
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Name
Robert Lethbridge King
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Principal (ANZSIC code: 8219)
  • Clergyman (ANZSIC code: 9540)
Birth date
1823
Death date
1897
Active Period
  • c.1852 - c.1878
Residence
  • c.1841 - c.1847 Cambridge, England, UK
  • c.1823 - c.1897 Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, UK
  • The King's School, Parramatta, 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: Cable, K.J. (1976), 'Robert Lethbridge King', Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vols 5, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: 'King Family Papers [ms 673]', Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.>]