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On this day
Australian artists born on Jul 20:
| Cleveland, Charlotte |
A member of architecturally acclaimed Barry family - Cleveland's uncle, Sir Charles Barry, designed the British Houses of Parliament while her cousin, Sir John Wolfe Barry, designed London's Tower and Kew Bridges. An artist in her own right, Cleveland was a sketcher whose main body of works document the Tasmanian landscape, where she immigrated to in 1852 with her husband William Charles Cleveland. |
| Haviland, Edwin |
Professional photographer, botanist and businessman, he ran a photographic business in Sydney, 1857-1859. He specialised in coloured collodiotype portraits which resembled painted miniatures on ivory. |
| Johnston, George Henry |
Noted mid 20th century novelist and journalist, Johnston also worked as a cartoonist, painter and illustrator. He travelled the world for many years as a foreign and war correspondent, living and working in 46 countries, including Tibet, China, and Burma. |
| Rose, Bartholomew |
Contemporary cartoonist and actor. |
| Shaw, Stuart |
Early 20th century wartime cartoonist. |
Australian artists who died on Jul 20:
| Hopkins, Francis Rawdon Chesney |
Sketcher, writer and grazier, Hopkins was born in India and educated in England, before migrating to Victoria in 1865. He was an amateur artist and playwright who exhibited in Melbourne in 1866. |
| Prinsep, Henry Charles |
Harry Prinsep was active in many parts of Western Australian society. Trained in Law and associated with the east India Company he worked as a draughtsman among other thing, producing numerous amateur and professional sketches, paintings and photographs. |
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