H. J. W.

Also known as Harriette Want (possible attribution (a.k.a. Harriet))
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher, drew a pencil and watercolour sketch of a woman and child (photograph Mitchell Library), thought to be members of the family of the Sydney solicitor Randolph Want, possibly his wife, Harriette, née Lister.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
H. J. W.
Also known as Harriette Want (possible attribution (a.k.a. Harriet))
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Active Period
  • c.1850
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

sketcher, drew a pencil and watercolour sketch of a woman and child (photograph in the Mitchell Library), thought to be members of the family of the Sydney solicitor Randolph Want , possibly his wife, Harriette, née Lister, whom he had married in 1839, and one of their nine children. The dress of the sitters indicates that the portrait was painted about 1850, perhaps by Harriette Want herself.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Randolph John Want
1811
Artist (Draughtsman)
Collections
Citations:
  • NSW Marriage Records : V1839159 23B/1839
  • (1986), Sotheby's Auction Catalogue, (Place: Sydney, October)