Edward William Jeffreys b. 22 October 1817

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Sketcher, engineer and pioneer pastoralist, known for his pencil and watercolour sketches of which most are sepia washes heightened with white, depicting rural landscapes. His drawings reflect his training as a civil engineer in their delicacy and fine sense of scale and perspective.
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sketcher, engineer and pioneer pastoralist, was born in London on 22 October 1817, the eldest child of Henry Jeffreys, surgeon, and Juliana, née Towers.

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1992
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2011

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References [<ExternalResource: Downer, C. & Phipps, J. (1985), 'Victorian Vision: 1834 Onwards', National Gallery of Victoria catalogue, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Glover, A. (1980), 'Victorian Treasures of the La Trobe Collection', State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Randell, J.O. (1982), 'Pastoral Settlement in Northern Victoria: The Campaspe', Melbourne, Vic., Volume 2.>, <ExternalResource: Jeffreys, E.W., 'Autobiography', La Trobe Collection manuscript, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Jeffreys, M.V.C. (1975), 'Call back yesterday', Dept of Lands, Melbourne, Vic. (typescript).>]