C. J. W. R.

  • Artist (Painter)
C.J.W.R. was a watercolourist whose only known work features Melbourne circa 1841. There is suspicions that it may not have been painted in 1841 or even within Australia.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
C. J. W. R.
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Active Period
  • c.1841
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

watercolourist, painted Collins Street East in 1841 (DG). Despite the seemingly urban title, this is a charmingly unspecific depiction of rural life in early Melbourne that may not have been made in Australia and/or done years later.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
Collins Street East in 1841
Date
1841
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