Henry Cooper Jervis b. 1816

  • Artist (Printmaker)
Nineteenth century engraver and printer in Adelaide and Sydney, whose work included engraving stamps for the Post Office.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
Henry Cooper Jervis
Birth date
1816
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Residence
  • c.1843- c.1847 Sydney, NSW
  • 1841- 1843 Adelaide, SA
Other Occupation
  • Engraver
  • Printer
Arrival
  • 1841 (South Australia)
Active Period
  • c.1841- c.1847
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

engraver and printer, came to South Australia in about 1841. In 1841-43 he engraved, printed and published a series of six small views of the principal buildings of Adelaide after 'C.W.C.’ , including Bank of South Australia Adelaide and Government Offices, Adelaide South Australia . By 1843 he was in Sydney working as a 'General and Operative Engraver and Printer’ in Pitt Street. He advertised in the Sentinel of 30 April 1845, 'a card plate and 50 superfine cards for 5s and all other Engraving and Printing equally low’, promising that 'if not done equal to spicimen [sic] no charge will be made’. In 1847 he briefly shared premises with the engraver Raphael Clint . Most of Jervis’s Sydney work appears to have been job printing and engraving stamps for the Post Office.

Writers:
Neville, Richard
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Raphael Clint
1797
Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
C. W. C.
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Mary Ellen Blaxland
1815
Artist (Draughtsman)
Government Offices, Adelaide South Australia
Date
1842
Bank of South Australia Adelaide
Date
1842
Collections
Citations:
  • Houison, A., (1890), History of the Post Office, (Place: Sydney, NSW)
  • Carroll, A., (1981), Graven Images in the Promised Land, (Place: Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue, Adelaide, SA)