C. R.

Also known as C. Roper (possible attribution of some works)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), (Draughtsman)
Early Sydney sketcher
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
C. R.
Also known as C. Roper (possible attribution of some works)
Gender
Unknown
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Residence
  • New South Wales
Active Period
  • c.1815- c.1855
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

sketcher and illustrator, made a drawing in grey wash of a yacht and two ships reputedly near Sydney Heads (1815, ML). The C.R. who provided sketches of New South Wales for engravings in the Illustrated Sydney News in the mid 1850s appears to have been C. Roper .

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
(New South Wales)
Date
1855
Sketches.
(A yacht and two ships)
Date
1815
Drawing in grey wash.
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