Charles Browne Hardwicke b. 2 August 1788

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Naval officer and settler, the only sketch attributed to him may have in fact been drawn by his fiancée, Elizabeth Chapman. The sketch is of a young Aboriginal girl who had been abducted from the Piper River people.
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Name
Charles Browne Hardwicke
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Justice of the peace (ANZSIC code: 7540)
  • Pastoralist (ANZSIC code: 01)
  • Naval officer (ANZSIC code: 7600)
Birth date
2 August 1788
Birth place
Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Death date
27 September 1880
Death place
Launceston, Tas.
Active Period
  • c.1821
Arrival
  • 7 February 1814 (Arrived Sydney, NSW aboard the General Hewitt.)
Residence
  • 1816 - 1880 Tasmania
  • 1814 - 1816 Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Pretyman, E.R. (1966), 'Charles Browne Hardwicke', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Fletcher, M. (1984), 'Costume in Australia 1788-1901', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Plomley, B. & Henley, K.A. (1990), 'The sealers of Bass Strait and the Cape Barren Island community', Proceedings of the Tasmanian Historical Research Association, Volume 27, Number 23 (June-September).>]