Edward William Jeffreys b. 22 October 1817

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
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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creator of
Ghin Ghin Station of Mr Campbell, Goulbourne River

La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria.

 
creator of
Burnewang Sept 1856
Date

La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria.

 
creator of
View from the Portland Hills
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Sepia wash; La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria.

 

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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).>]