Edward Myers

Also known as E. Myers, Maximilian Emmanuel Meyers
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist
Illuminator, engrosser and clerk, Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart Town. Myers designed, executed and signed what is thought to be the earliest surviving illuminated address in colonial Australia, the delicate 'Recueils Choisis'.
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Name
Edward Myers
Also known as:
  • E. Myers
  • Maximilian Emmanuel Meyers
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist
Other Occupation
  • Storekeeper
  • Linguist
  • Clerk
  • Engrosser
Active Period
  • c.1846 - c.1855
Residence
  • Tasmania
  • 8 Bridge Street, Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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  • FitzRoy (Lady) (associate of)
  • Denison, William (Sir) (associate of)
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Related works
  • (North view of Hobart) (creator of)
  • Recueils Choisis (creator of)
Related collections
  • Sir William Lodewyk Crowther Library, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania. Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)