Samuel Augustus Perry b. c.1792

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Samuel Augustus Perry was a watercolourist, surveyor and soldier. Appointed deputy surveyor-general of New South Wales, he arrived in Australia in 1829. Perry, with Captain William Dumaresq, was responsible for returning to Venice the four bronze horses of St Mark's which Napoleon had removed to Paris.
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exhibited at
Fine Art Exhibition
Date
1857
Place
Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, NSW
Description

posthumous

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Exhibition of the Natural and Industrial Products of New South Wales
Date
1854
Place
Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW
Description

posthumous

Type
Exhibition

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