Harry Grist b. c.1847

  • Artist (Painter)
A scenic artist who emigrated from Britain to find work in Australia and painted 'View of the Wreck of the Loch Aird', a scene of the tragedy that occurred in 1878 near Port Campbell, Victoria.

Citations

  • Colligan, Mimi (2002), 'Canvas Documentaries’, University of Melbourne Press, p.86-87.

  • Kerr, Joan, '[Joan Kerr Archive]’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Initial data sources

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