Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn Liardet b. 17 July 1799

  • Artist (Painter)
A nineteenth-century watercolourist, he first turned to painting as a way out of debt. He subsequently painted historical views of Melbourne.
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Name
Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn Liardet
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Military officer (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • Hotel-keeper (ANZSIC code: 4400)
Birth date
17 July 1799
Birth place
Chelsea, London, England, UK
Death date
21 March 1878
Death place
Vogeltown, Wellington, New Zealand
Active Period
  • 1850 - 1864
  • 1839 - 1850
Arrival
  • 1839 (Arrived at Hobson's Bay, Victoria, on board the 'William Metcalfe'.)
Residence
  • 1877 - 1878 Wellington, New Zealand
  • 1874 - 1877 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1864 - 1874 New Zealand
  • 1850 - 1864 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1839 - 1850 Port Phillip (Melbourne), Vic.
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: (1967), 'Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn Liardet', Melbourne, Vic : in Australian Dictionary of Biography, (Volume 2), Pike, D. (ed.).>, <ExternalResource: Adams, S. (1972), 'Introduction and Notes', Melbourne, Vic : in Liardet's Watercolours of Early Melbourne [Bate, W. (ed.)].>, <ExternalResource: Downer, C. and Phipps, J., (1985), 'Victorian Vision: 1834 Onwards', Melbourne, Vic : National Gallery of Victoria catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: Greig, A.W. (1916), 'The Liardets of the beach', Victorian Historical Magazine 5 (1916/1917).>, <ExternalResource: McCrae, Georgiana (1978), 'Georgiana's Journal', Sydney, NSW [McCrae, H. (ed.)].>, <ExternalResource: Snowden, C. (1991), 'Wilbraham Liardet', in Swiss Artists in Australia 1777-1991, [Pearce, B. (ed.)], Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Cudmore, P. A.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Parker, Anthony Carrol.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Liardet, Phylis Marcell Evelyn.>]