Walter Synnot b. 29 December 1773

  • Artist (Painter)
Colonial army officer, amateur painter of natural history paintings, watercolour scenes and at least one portrait. Known works were produced during his time living in South Africa and Launceston.
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Citations

  • Devapriam, E. (1986), '“The Synott Children” by Joseph Wright of Derby’, Art Bulletin of Victoria 26.

  • Gordon-Brown, A. (1975), 'Pictorial Africana’, Cape Town, South Africa.

  • Henderson, A. (1941), 'Australian Families’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.

  • Information sourced from Archer, E.

  • Information sourced from Hawker, P.

  • Information sourced from Manifold, W.

Initial data sources

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

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