Retired army officer who came to Sydney in 1852. Wingate worked in the media of photography, painting and drawing. He exhibited a photographic panorama of Sydney taken from his Potts Point home in the 1862 London International Exhibition.
Thomas Wingate
(There is no evidence in birth, marraige, death or army records that Wingate had a middle name beginning with W.)
Gender
Male
Roles
Artist (Painter)
Artist (Photographer)
Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
Army officer (ANZSIC code: 7600) -
Birth date
9 March 1807
Birth place
France
Death date
18 May 1869
Death place
Potts Point, Sydney, NSW
Burial place
Windsor, NSW
Active Period
1831 - 1869
Arrival
1852 (arrived aboard the Havering)
Residence
1852 - 1869 Sydney, NSW
1843 - 1845 Glasgow, Scotland, UK
1835 - 1842 India
1828 - 1832 Sri Lanka
Languages
English
Initial Record Data Source
The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870
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Related collections
untitled (collected in)
India Office Library, British Library, London, England, UK (collected in)
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Historic Houses Trust Conservation Resources Centre, Lyndhurst, NSW (collected in)
untitled (collected in)
India Office Library, British Library, London, England, UK (collected in)
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Record history
Automatic relation to Historic Houses Trust Conservation Resources Centre, Lyndhurst, NSW created because (A gentleman leaning on a piano beside an open door giving a view of Sydney Heads) was related to the same collection. -
May 10, 2018, 3:34 p.m.
(moderator approved)
I have two URLs to add which link directly to Wingate items held by CSL&RC: http://collection.hht.net.au/firsthhtpictures/fullRecordPicture.jsp?recnoListAttr=recnoList&recno=52349
and http://collection.hht.net.au/firsthht/fullRecord.jsp?recnoListAttr=recnoList&recno=48401 -
08/08/2017 15:20
by
Megan_Martin
(needs approval)