Charles Dirck Wittenoom b.

Also known as Esq. C. D. Wittenoom
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher and newspaperman from England, brother of John Burdett Wittenoom, the first clergyman appointed to Western Australia. He produced sketches of WA, representing the countryside before convict labour altered the landscape. The drawings were turned into engravings for Nathaniel Ogle's influential book, 'The Colony of Western Australia: A Manual for Emigrants 1839'.
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  • Dixson Gallery, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA

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Related stub people
  • Wittenoom, Thomas (child of)
  • Wittenoom, John Burdett (Rev) (sibling of)
  • Ogle, Nathaniel (associate of)
  • Wittenoom, Charles (relative of)
Related works
  • (J.B. Wittenoom's house in Perth) (creator of)
  • (View of Fremantle) (creator of)
  • Sketch of the Town of Perth from Perth Water, Western Australia (creator of)
  • Sketch of the Town of Perth, Western Australia (creator of)
  • Sketch of St George's Terrace, Perth (creator of)
Related collections
  • Dixson Gallery, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)