William Adams b. c.1776

Also known as Mr Adams
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
William Adams and his son James, also an artist, worked on a property at Dundas, New South Wales. It is unclear whether William or James was responsible for 145 drawings of Australian plants, insects and butterflies made between 1842 and 1848 and attributed simply to 'Mr Adams'.

Citations

  • 'NSW Marriage Records : V18381791 22/1838’.

  • 'NSW Birth Records : V18164265 1B/1816’.

  • 'NSW Death Records : 5766/1870; 6458/1872’.

  • 'Mitchell Library Manuscript 715’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney manuscript 715 (notes in album).

Initial data sources

  • DAA with additions