George Bartholomew Gidley King b. 2 July 1846

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Sketcher George King was a member of the well-known pioneer King family - his great-grandfather had been Governor of NSW. King's only known work is dated from the early 1860s.

sketcher, was born on 2 July 1846 at Stroud, New South Wales, second son of the Hon. Philip Gidley King and Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur. His great-grandfather Philip Gidley King had been Governor of New South Wales. Several of George’s pencil sketches are held in the Dixson Galleries (State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW), including a portrait of an unnamed child, a view of a house dated 20 April 1861, and a scene at Goonoo Goonoo near Tamworth (NSW).

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Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011