Thomas Harford

Also known as:
  • T. H.
  • T. Harford
  • Artist (Draughtsman) , (Painter)
Painter, sketcher, signwriter and draughtsman, Harford accompanied Samuel Stutchbury and William Curtis on their geological and mineralogical survey of New South Wales in 1850-54.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
Thomas Harford
Also known as:
  • T. H.
  • T. Harford
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • c.1860- c.1879 Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1850- c.1854 New South Wales
Other Occupation
  • Draughtsman
  • Signwriter
Active Period
  • c.1850- c.1854
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

painter, sketcher, signwriter and draughtsman, accompanied Samuel Stutchbury and William Curtis on their geological and mineralogical survey of New South Wales in 1850-54. A number of drawings in a diary compiled by Stutchbury on this expedition are initialled T.H. (Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney), while a portfolio containing 20 watercolour drawings of Australian orchids includes some inscribed 'T.H. 1854’ (Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney). Others are by Curtis and L.V.D . A signwriter and decorator in Melbourne during the 1860s and 1870s called T. Harford designed a number of the transparencies erected in Melbourne for the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh in 1867 in partnership with John Gillett .

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Samuel Stutchbury
1798
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
William Curtis
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
John Gillett
Designer (Industrial / Product Designer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
L. V. D.
Artist (Draughtsman)
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