Edward Snell b. 27 November 1820

Also known as E. S.
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
A successful surveyor and engineer as well as a painter and a sketcher, whose move to Australia was significant to his artistic output, beginning with a sketch diary kept on board the voyage to Adelaide.
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Name
Edward Snell
Also known as E. S.
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Engineer
  • Surveyor
Birth date
27 November 1820
Birth place
Barnstaple, Devon, England, UK
Death date
15 March 1880
Death place
Saltash, Cornwall, England, UK
Active Period
  • 1849 - 1958
Arrival
  • 29 November 1849 (Aboard the 'Bolton'; Adelaide, SA.)
Residence
  • 1852 - 1858 Geelong, VIC
  • 1849 - 1852 Adelaide, SA
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related stub people
  • Blyth, William (associate of)
  • Stothert, Henry (relative of)
  • Bayley, Charlotte Elizabeth (spouse of)
  • Snell, Henry Bayley (parent of)
Related stub person groups
  • Great Western Railway Company (associate of)
  • Geelong Mechanics Institute, VIC (associate of)
Related works
  • Geelong to Melbourne Railway Opening for Public Traffic, by His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, K.C.B., 25th June 1857 (creator of)
  • Abbey of St. Denis (creator of)
  • Cathedral of Lyons (creator of)
  • Geelong in 1853 (creator of)
  • Blacks on the Way to Adelaide in Custody. Yorke's Peninsula, 22 June 1850 (creator of)
  • Kangaroo Hunting (creator of)
  • Surveyor's Encampment, Yorke's Peninsula (creator of)
  • 1848, National Railway Museum, York, UK (creator of)
  • Great Western Railway Museum, Swindon (creator of)
Related collections
  • Private collection (collected in)
  • National Railway Museum, York, UK (collected in)
  • Great Railway Museum, Swindon, UK (collected in)
  • Geelong City Council, Geelong, VIC (collected in)
  • Geelong Historical Records Centre, Geelong, VIC (collected in)
  • Map Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)