William Henry Fernyhough b. 17 March 1809

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Fernyhough produced silhouette portraits of Sydney personalities and of Aborigines. He is believed to have introduced zincography to New South Wales.
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Citations

  • Brockett, W. E. (1836), 'Narrative of a Voyage from Sydney to Torres Straits’.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art, 2 vols’, (facsimile reprint, 1930).

  • McDonald, P.R. and Pearce, B. (eds) (1988), 'The Artist and the Patron, Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue’, Sydney, NSW.

  • (1836), Australian, 09-16.

  • (1849), Sydney Morning Herald, 08-25.

  • 'Thomas L. Mitchell Papers’, Sydney: ML mss (Mitchell Library, State Llibrary of New South Wales).

  • Neville, R. (1989), ''Printmaking in early colonial New South Wales’, MA thesis’, University of Sydney, NSW.

  • (1836), Sydney Herald, 11-21.

Initial data sources

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

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Related collections
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • William Salt Library, Staffordshire, England, UK (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • William Salt Library, Staffordshire, England, UK (collected in)