William Woodman Dove b. 1832

Also known as Rev W. W. Dove
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Colonial sketcher and clergyman, who was 'very active' while stationed at Cassilis and Muswellbrook and 'most useful in church decorations'. Inspired by the Illustrated London News, he made sketches of churches and flowers to embellish letters to his sister Bessie.

Citations

  • 'NSW Death Records : 7232/1867’.

  • 'NSW Marriage Records : 786/1859’.

  • Halcombe, J. (c.1869), 'The Emigrant and the Heathen: Sketches of Missionary Life’, London.

Initial data sources

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