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Narcissus George Arguimbau

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watercolourist and naval officer, was born on 18 October 1829 at Port Mahon, Minorca, son of Joseph Arguimbau, an officer in the Royal Navy and subsequently governor of Minorca. N.G. Arguimbau painted H.M.S. Iris in 1857 (ML) when the ship was serving at the Australia Station. By May 1897, when his fifth daughter, Leila Ethel, married Henry Hunter White at St Aidan's Church, Annandale, Arguimbau and his family were living at Cliveden, Annandale, Sydney.

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Gender:

Male

Birth:

Date:

1829-10-18

Place:

Port Mahon, Minorca

Period active:

Dates:

c. 1857 -

Medium:

Painting

Artwork:

Title:

H.M.S. Iris

Date:

1857

Collection:

Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

Family member:

Person:

Arguimbau, Joseph

Relation:

father

Family member:

Person:

White, Leila Ethel (née Arguimbau)

Relation:

daughter

Family member:

Person:

White, Henry Hunter

Relation:

OTHER

Note:

Son-in-law

Residence:

Dates:

c. 1829-10-18 - 1857

Place:

Minorca

Residence:

Dates:

1857 - 1897-05

Place:

Sydney, NSW

Residence:

Dates:

c. 1897-05 -

Place:

Annandale, Sydney, NSW

Other occupation:

Naval officer

Biographer:

Staff Writer

Source of info:

The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

Date written:

Date:

1992

Reference:

Title:

A Genealogical History of Pioneer Families of Australia

Year:

1978

Author:

Mowle, L.M.

Published:

Adelaide, SA

Summary:

Watercolourist and naval officer. N.G. Arguimbau painted 'H.M.S. Iris' in 1857 when the ship was serving at the Australia Station. He later settled with his family in Annandale, Sydney.

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