Samuel Augustus Perry b. c.1792

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
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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associate of
Major Thomas Mitchell
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associate of
General Sir George Murray
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associate of
Captain William Dumaresq
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spouse of
Caroline Elizabeth Johnson
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General Major-General William Nicolay
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relative of
A. S. Gill
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née Marlay Selina Rose Perry
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associate of
H. A. Moore
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associate of
Napoleon
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associate of
George Barney
1792
Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect), Artist (Draughtsman)

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References [<ExternalResource: Dowd, B.T., 'Samuel Augustus Perry', Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, ed. Pike, D., Shaw, A., Clark, M., Nairn, B., Serle, G. and Ward, R. vols 1-6, Melbourne 1966-1976.>, <ExternalResource: Dixson, W. (1923), 'Notes on Australian artists', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society (JRAHS), vol. 9.>, <ExternalResource: Gray, N.R. (1964), 'Samuel Augustus Perry, Deputy Surveyor-General of New South Wales, 1828-1853', Descent, vol. 2, no. 2.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', 2nd edn, Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: (1985), Sotheby's catalogue, Sydney, 10-24.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Chapman, W. Sydney Morning Herald, 06-02, (1849).>, <ExternalResource: Malor, D. (1990), 'Notes on the Perry family', ms.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Hamilton, Miriam.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Chapman, W.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Malor, Deborah.>]